used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading But when they got there they found all the little houses deserted: not a Forest Child was to be found.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading NORA'S GRANDCHILDREN One afternoon Eric and Ivra started out for the Forest Children's moss village to play with them.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading But when they got there they found all the little houses deserted: not a Forest Child was to be found.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading NORA'S GRANDCHILDREN One afternoon Eric and Ivra started out for the Forest Children's moss village to play with them.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading So Ivra and Eric wandered on and on, a little lonely, a little tired of just each other for comrades, till at last they came to the very edge of the forest,--and there was Nora's farm, a rambling red brick house, with a barn twice its size behind it.
barnnounUS /bɑːrn/
an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading So Ivra and Eric wandered on and on, a little lonely, a little tired of just each other for comrades, till at last they came to the very edge of the forest,--and there was Nora's farm, a rambling red brick house, with a barn twice its size behind it.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But when they got there they found all the little houses deserted: not a Forest Child was to be found.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading So Ivra and Eric wandered on and on, a little lonely, a little tired of just each other for comrades, till at last they came to the very edge of the forest,--and there was Nora's farm, a rambling red brick house, with a barn twice its size behind it.
bricknounUS /brɪk/
rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material
From this reading So Ivra and Eric wandered on and on, a little lonely, a little tired of just each other for comrades, till at last they came to the very edge of the forest,--and there was Nora's farm, a rambling red brick house, with a barn twice its size behind it.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But when they got there they found all the little houses deserted: not a Forest Child was to be found.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Down in the pasture by the house half a dozen Snow Witches were dancing in a circle, now near, now far, all over the pasture, and sometimes right up to the farm-house windows.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading So Ivra and Eric wandered on and on, a little lonely, a little tired of just each other for comrades, till at last they came to the very edge of the forest,--and there was Nora's farm, a rambling red brick house, with a barn twice its size behind it.
a young person of either sex
From this reading But when they got there they found all the little houses deserted: not a Forest Child was to be found.
Children's
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ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point
From this reading Down in the pasture by the house half a dozen Snow Witches were dancing in a circle, now near, now far, all over the pasture, and sometimes right up to the farm-house windows.
comradesnounUS /ˈkɑːmrædz/
plural of “comrade” — a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading So Ivra and Eric wandered on and on, a little lonely, a little tired of just each other for comrades, till at last they came to the very edge of the forest,--and there was Nora's farm, a rambling red brick house, with a barn twice its size behind it.
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
From this reading Down in the pasture by the house half a dozen Snow Witches were dancing in a circle, now near, now far, all over the pasture, and sometimes right up to the farm-house windows.
forsaken by owner or inhabitants
From this reading But when they got there they found all the little houses deserted: not a Forest Child was to be found.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Down in the pasture by the house half a dozen Snow Witches were dancing in a circle, now near, now far, all over the pasture, and sometimes right up to the farm-house windows.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading Down in the pasture by the house half a dozen Snow Witches were dancing in a circle, now near, now far, all over the pasture, and sometimes right up to the farm-house windows.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading So Ivra and Eric wandered on and on, a little lonely, a little tired of just each other for comrades, till at last they came to the very edge of the forest,--and there was Nora's farm, a rambling red brick house, with a barn twice its size behind it.
the boundary of a surface
From this reading So Ivra and Eric wandered on and on, a little lonely, a little tired of just each other for comrades, till at last they came to the very edge of the forest,--and there was Nora's farm, a rambling red brick house, with a barn twice its size behind it.
Eric
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to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading Down in the pasture by the house half a dozen Snow Witches were dancing in a circle, now near, now far, all over the pasture, and sometimes right up to the farm-house windows.
be a farmer; work as a farmer
From this reading So Ivra and Eric wandered on and on, a little lonely, a little tired of just each other for comrades, till at last they came to the very edge of the forest,--and there was Nora's farm, a rambling red brick house, with a barn twice its size behind it.
farm-house
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intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading NORA'S GRANDCHILDREN One afternoon Eric and Ivra started out for the Forest Children's moss village to play with them.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading NORA'S GRANDCHILDREN One afternoon Eric and Ivra started out for the Forest Children's moss village to play with them.
set up or found
From this reading But when they got there they found all the little houses deserted: not a Forest Child was to be found.
destroyed or killed
From this reading They must have gone into some other part of the forest to play.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading But when they got there they found all the little houses deserted: not a Forest Child was to be found.
GRANDCHILDRENnounUS /ˈɡræntʃɪldrən/
plural of “grandchild” — a child of your son or daughter
From this reading NORA'S GRANDCHILDREN One afternoon Eric and Ivra started out for the Forest Children's moss village to play with them.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading Down in the pasture by the house half a dozen Snow Witches were dancing in a circle, now near, now far, all over the pasture, and sometimes right up to the farm-house windows.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They must have gone into some other part of the forest to play.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading So Ivra and Eric wandered on and on, a little lonely, a little tired of just each other for comrades, till at last they came to the very edge of the forest,--and there was Nora's farm, a rambling red brick house, with a barn twice its size behind it.
plural of “house” — a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading But when they got there they found all the little houses deserted: not a Forest Child was to be found.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Down in the pasture by the house half a dozen Snow Witches were dancing in a circle, now near, now far, all over the pasture, and sometimes right up to the farm-house windows.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading They must have gone into some other part of the forest to play.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading So Ivra and Eric wandered on and on, a little lonely, a little tired of just each other for comrades, till at last they came to the very edge of the forest,--and there was Nora's farm, a rambling red brick house, with a barn twice its size behind it.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading So Ivra and Eric wandered on and on, a little lonely, a little tired of just each other for comrades, till at last they came to the very edge of the forest,--and there was Nora's farm, a rambling red brick house, with a barn twice its size behind it.
Ivra
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and nothing more
From this reading So Ivra and Eric wandered on and on, a little lonely, a little tired of just each other for comrades, till at last they came to the very edge of the forest,--and there was Nora's farm, a rambling red brick house, with a barn twice its size behind it.
immediately past
From this reading So Ivra and Eric wandered on and on, a little lonely, a little tired of just each other for comrades, till at last they came to the very edge of the forest,--and there was Nora's farm, a rambling red brick house, with a barn twice its size behind it.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading But when they got there they found all the little houses deserted: not a Forest Child was to be found.
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading So Ivra and Eric wandered on and on, a little lonely, a little tired of just each other for comrades, till at last they came to the very edge of the forest,--and there was Nora's farm, a rambling red brick house, with a barn twice its size behind it.
mossnounUS /mɔːs/
tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
From this reading NORA'S GRANDCHILDREN One afternoon Eric and Ivra started out for the Forest Children's moss village to play with them.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading They must have gone into some other part of the forest to play.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading Down in the pasture by the house half a dozen Snow Witches were dancing in a circle, now near, now far, all over the pasture, and sometimes right up to the farm-house windows.
NORA'S
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From this reading NORA'S GRANDCHILDREN One afternoon Eric and Ivra started out for the Forest Children's moss village to play with them.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But when they got there they found all the little houses deserted: not a Forest Child was to be found.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Down in the pasture by the house half a dozen Snow Witches were dancing in a circle, now near, now far, all over the pasture, and sometimes right up to the farm-house windows.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They must have gone into some other part of the forest to play.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading So Ivra and Eric wandered on and on, a little lonely, a little tired of just each other for comrades, till at last they came to the very edge of the forest,--and there was Nora's farm, a rambling red brick house, with a barn twice its size behind it.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading NORA'S GRANDCHILDREN One afternoon Eric and Ivra started out for the Forest Children's moss village to play with them.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading They must have gone into some other part of the forest to play.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading NORA'S GRANDCHILDREN One afternoon Eric and Ivra started out for the Forest Children's moss village to play with them.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Down in the pasture by the house half a dozen Snow Witches were dancing in a circle, now near, now far, all over the pasture, and sometimes right up to the farm-house windows.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading They must have gone into some other part of the forest to play.
pasturenounUS /ˈpæstʃər/
a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
From this reading Down in the pasture by the house half a dozen Snow Witches were dancing in a circle, now near, now far, all over the pasture, and sometimes right up to the farm-house windows.
participate in games or sport
From this reading NORA'S GRANDCHILDREN One afternoon Eric and Ivra started out for the Forest Children's moss village to play with them.
ramblingadjectiveUS /ˈræmblɪŋ/
spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly
From this reading So Ivra and Eric wandered on and on, a little lonely, a little tired of just each other for comrades, till at last they came to the very edge of the forest,--and there was Nora's farm, a rambling red brick house, with a barn twice its size behind it.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading So Ivra and Eric wandered on and on, a little lonely, a little tired of just each other for comrades, till at last they came to the very edge of the forest,--and there was Nora's farm, a rambling red brick house, with a barn twice its size behind it.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Down in the pasture by the house half a dozen Snow Witches were dancing in a circle, now near, now far, all over the pasture, and sometimes right up to the farm-house windows.
the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
From this reading So Ivra and Eric wandered on and on, a little lonely, a little tired of just each other for comrades, till at last they came to the very edge of the forest,--and there was Nora's farm, a rambling red brick house, with a barn twice its size behind it.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading Down in the pasture by the house half a dozen Snow Witches were dancing in a circle, now near, now far, all over the pasture, and sometimes right up to the farm-house windows.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So Ivra and Eric wandered on and on, a little lonely, a little tired of just each other for comrades, till at last they came to the very edge of the forest,--and there was Nora's farm, a rambling red brick house, with a barn twice its size behind it.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading They must have gone into some other part of the forest to play.
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading Down in the pasture by the house half a dozen Snow Witches were dancing in a circle, now near, now far, all over the pasture, and sometimes right up to the farm-house windows.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading NORA'S GRANDCHILDREN One afternoon Eric and Ivra started out for the Forest Children's moss village to play with them.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading NORA'S GRANDCHILDREN One afternoon Eric and Ivra started out for the Forest Children's moss village to play with them.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading NORA'S GRANDCHILDREN One afternoon Eric and Ivra started out for the Forest Children's moss village to play with them.
in or at that place or location
From this reading But when they got there they found all the little houses deserted: not a Forest Child was to be found.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But when they got there they found all the little houses deserted: not a Forest Child was to be found.
up to a particular time
From this reading So Ivra and Eric wandered on and on, a little lonely, a little tired of just each other for comrades, till at last they came to the very edge of the forest,--and there was Nora's farm, a rambling red brick house, with a barn twice its size behind it.
tiredadjectiveUS /ˈtaɪərd/
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading So Ivra and Eric wandered on and on, a little lonely, a little tired of just each other for comrades, till at last they came to the very edge of the forest,--and there was Nora's farm, a rambling red brick house, with a barn twice its size behind it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading NORA'S GRANDCHILDREN One afternoon Eric and Ivra started out for the Forest Children's moss village to play with them.
two times
From this reading So Ivra and Eric wandered on and on, a little lonely, a little tired of just each other for comrades, till at last they came to the very edge of the forest,--and there was Nora's farm, a rambling red brick house, with a barn twice its size behind it.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Down in the pasture by the house half a dozen Snow Witches were dancing in a circle, now near, now far, all over the pasture, and sometimes right up to the farm-house windows.
precisely as stated
From this reading So Ivra and Eric wandered on and on, a little lonely, a little tired of just each other for comrades, till at last they came to the very edge of the forest,--and there was Nora's farm, a rambling red brick house, with a barn twice its size behind it.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading NORA'S GRANDCHILDREN One afternoon Eric and Ivra started out for the Forest Children's moss village to play with them.
past form of “wander” — move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
From this reading So Ivra and Eric wandered on and on, a little lonely, a little tired of just each other for comrades, till at last they came to the very edge of the forest,--and there was Nora's farm, a rambling red brick house, with a barn twice its size behind it.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But when they got there they found all the little houses deserted: not a Forest Child was to be found.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Down in the pasture by the house half a dozen Snow Witches were dancing in a circle, now near, now far, all over the pasture, and sometimes right up to the farm-house windows.
at the time that
From this reading But when they got there they found all the little houses deserted: not a Forest Child was to be found.
(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface
From this reading Down in the pasture by the house half a dozen Snow Witches were dancing in a circle, now near, now far, all over the pasture, and sometimes right up to the farm-house windows.
WitchesnounUS /ˈwɪtʃəz/
plural of “witch” — a female sorcerer or magician
From this reading Down in the pasture by the house half a dozen Snow Witches were dancing in a circle, now near, now far, all over the pasture, and sometimes right up to the farm-house windows.
in the company of; together with
From this reading NORA'S GRANDCHILDREN One afternoon Eric and Ivra started out for the Forest Children's moss village to play with them.
