used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Rushing like an express train from a small dim wood, the Elegant Elephant came unexpectedly upon a steep wall of rock.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Rushing like an express train from a small dim wood, the Elegant Elephant came unexpectedly upon a steep wall of rock.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Humpy, who was lightest, sailed farthest and, landing first, made a splendid cushion for Snip and Dorothy to fall on.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Humpy Hailed As King Kabumpo would never have stopped until he reached the Emerald City itself, had it not been for the mountain.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Humpy Hailed As King Kabumpo would never have stopped until he reached the Emerald City itself, had it not been for the mountain.
plural of “bush” — a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading Tora, fortunately, plumped into a patch of gooseberry bushes, so that no one was really hurt.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Rushing like an express train from a small dim wood, the Elegant Elephant came unexpectedly upon a steep wall of rock.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading Humpy Hailed As King Kabumpo would never have stopped until he reached the Emerald City itself, had it not been for the mountain.
cushionnounUS /ˈkʊʃən/
a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses
From this reading Humpy, who was lightest, sailed farthest and, landing first, made a splendid cushion for Snip and Dorothy to fall on.
lacking in light; not bright or harsh
From this reading Rushing like an express train from a small dim wood, the Elegant Elephant came unexpectedly upon a steep wall of rock.
Dorothy
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From this reading Humpy, who was lightest, sailed farthest and, landing first, made a splendid cushion for Snip and Dorothy to fall on.
ElegantadjectiveUS /ˈeləɡənt/
refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
From this reading Rushing like an express train from a small dim wood, the Elegant Elephant came unexpectedly upon a steep wall of rock.
ElephantnounUS /ˈeləfənt/
five-toed pachyderm
From this reading Rushing like an express train from a small dim wood, the Elegant Elephant came unexpectedly upon a steep wall of rock.
EmeraldnounUS /ˈemrəld/
a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone
From this reading Humpy Hailed As King Kabumpo would never have stopped until he reached the Emerald City itself, had it not been for the mountain.
every person
From this reading With a snort of surprise he stopped so sharply that everyone in the party went sailing over his head.
give expression to
From this reading Rushing like an express train from a small dim wood, the Elegant Elephant came unexpectedly upon a steep wall of rock.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading Humpy, who was lightest, sailed farthest and, landing first, made a splendid cushion for Snip and Dorothy to fall on.
farthestadverbUS /ˈfɑːrðəst/
to the greatest distance in space or time (“farthest” is used more often than “furthest” in this physical sense)
From this reading Humpy, who was lightest, sailed farthest and, landing first, made a splendid cushion for Snip and Dorothy to fall on.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Humpy, who was lightest, sailed farthest and, landing first, made a splendid cushion for Snip and Dorothy to fall on.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Humpy Hailed As King Kabumpo would never have stopped until he reached the Emerald City itself, had it not been for the mountain.
fortunatelyadverbUS /ˈfɔːrtʃənətli/
by good fortune
From this reading Tora, fortunately, plumped into a patch of gooseberry bushes, so that no one was really hurt.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Rushing like an express train from a small dim wood, the Elegant Elephant came unexpectedly upon a steep wall of rock.
gooseberrynounUS /ˈɡuːsberi/
spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries
From this reading Tora, fortunately, plumped into a patch of gooseberry bushes, so that no one was really hurt.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Humpy Hailed As King Kabumpo would never have stopped until he reached the Emerald City itself, had it not been for the mountain.
HailedverbUS /heɪld/
past form of “hail” — praise vociferously
From this reading Humpy Hailed As King Kabumpo would never have stopped until he reached the Emerald City itself, had it not been for the mountain.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Humpy Hailed As King Kabumpo would never have stopped until he reached the Emerald City itself, had it not been for the mountain.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Humpy Hailed As King Kabumpo would never have stopped until he reached the Emerald City itself, had it not been for the mountain.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading With a snort of surprise he stopped so sharply that everyone in the party went sailing over his head.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading With a snort of surprise he stopped so sharply that everyone in the party went sailing over his head.
Humpy
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From this reading Humpy Hailed As King Kabumpo would never have stopped until he reached the Emerald City itself, had it not been for the mountain.
be the source of pain
From this reading Tora, fortunately, plumped into a patch of gooseberry bushes, so that no one was really hurt.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading With a snort of surprise he stopped so sharply that everyone in the party went sailing over his head.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Tora, fortunately, plumped into a patch of gooseberry bushes, so that no one was really hurt.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Humpy Hailed As King Kabumpo would never have stopped until he reached the Emerald City itself, had it not been for the mountain.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Humpy Hailed As King Kabumpo would never have stopped until he reached the Emerald City itself, had it not been for the mountain.
Kabumpo
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From this reading Humpy Hailed As King Kabumpo would never have stopped until he reached the Emerald City itself, had it not been for the mountain.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading Humpy Hailed As King Kabumpo would never have stopped until he reached the Emerald City itself, had it not been for the mountain.
an intermediate platform in a staircase
From this reading Humpy, who was lightest, sailed farthest and, landing first, made a splendid cushion for Snip and Dorothy to fall on.
lightestadjectiveUS /ˈlaɪtəst/
superlative of “light” — of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading Humpy, who was lightest, sailed farthest and, landing first, made a splendid cushion for Snip and Dorothy to fall on.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Rushing like an express train from a small dim wood, the Elegant Elephant came unexpectedly upon a steep wall of rock.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Humpy, who was lightest, sailed farthest and, landing first, made a splendid cushion for Snip and Dorothy to fall on.
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading Humpy Hailed As King Kabumpo would never have stopped until he reached the Emerald City itself, had it not been for the mountain.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Humpy Hailed As King Kabumpo would never have stopped until he reached the Emerald City itself, had it not been for the mountain.
not any; not one
From this reading Tora, fortunately, plumped into a patch of gooseberry bushes, so that no one was really hurt.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Humpy Hailed As King Kabumpo would never have stopped until he reached the Emerald City itself, had it not been for the mountain.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Rushing like an express train from a small dim wood, the Elegant Elephant came unexpectedly upon a steep wall of rock.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Humpy, who was lightest, sailed farthest and, landing first, made a splendid cushion for Snip and Dorothy to fall on.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Tora, fortunately, plumped into a patch of gooseberry bushes, so that no one was really hurt.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading With a snort of surprise he stopped so sharply that everyone in the party went sailing over his head.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading With a snort of surprise he stopped so sharply that everyone in the party went sailing over his head.
patchnounUS /pætʃ/
a small contrasting part of something
From this reading Tora, fortunately, plumped into a patch of gooseberry bushes, so that no one was really hurt.
plumpedverbUS /plʌmpt/
past form of “plump” — drop sharply
From this reading Tora, fortunately, plumped into a patch of gooseberry bushes, so that no one was really hurt.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading Humpy Hailed As King Kabumpo would never have stopped until he reached the Emerald City itself, had it not been for the mountain.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading Tora, fortunately, plumped into a patch of gooseberry bushes, so that no one was really hurt.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Rushing like an express train from a small dim wood, the Elegant Elephant came unexpectedly upon a steep wall of rock.
(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
From this reading Rushing like an express train from a small dim wood, the Elegant Elephant came unexpectedly upon a steep wall of rock.
past form of “sail” — traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading Humpy, who was lightest, sailed farthest and, landing first, made a splendid cushion for Snip and Dorothy to fall on.
sailingnounUS /ˈseɪlɪŋ/
the work of a sailor
From this reading With a snort of surprise he stopped so sharply that everyone in the party went sailing over his head.
in an aggressive manner
From this reading With a snort of surprise he stopped so sharply that everyone in the party went sailing over his head.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Rushing like an express train from a small dim wood, the Elegant Elephant came unexpectedly upon a steep wall of rock.
SnipnounUS /snɪp/
a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
From this reading Humpy, who was lightest, sailed farthest and, landing first, made a splendid cushion for Snip and Dorothy to fall on.
snortverbUS /snɔːrt/
indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose
From this reading With a snort of surprise he stopped so sharply that everyone in the party went sailing over his head.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading With a snort of surprise he stopped so sharply that everyone in the party went sailing over his head.
having great beauty and splendor
From this reading Humpy, who was lightest, sailed farthest and, landing first, made a splendid cushion for Snip and Dorothy to fall on.
having a sharp inclination
From this reading Rushing like an express train from a small dim wood, the Elegant Elephant came unexpectedly upon a steep wall of rock.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading Humpy Hailed As King Kabumpo would never have stopped until he reached the Emerald City itself, had it not been for the mountain.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading With a snort of surprise he stopped so sharply that everyone in the party went sailing over his head.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading With a snort of surprise he stopped so sharply that everyone in the party went sailing over his head.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Humpy Hailed As King Kabumpo would never have stopped until he reached the Emerald City itself, had it not been for the mountain.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Humpy, who was lightest, sailed farthest and, landing first, made a splendid cushion for Snip and Dorothy to fall on.
Tora
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tora, fortunately, plumped into a patch of gooseberry bushes, so that no one was really hurt.
create by training and teaching
From this reading Rushing like an express train from a small dim wood, the Elegant Elephant came unexpectedly upon a steep wall of rock.
unexpectedlyadverbUS /ˌʌnɪkˈspektɪdli/
in a way that was not expected
From this reading Rushing like an express train from a small dim wood, the Elegant Elephant came unexpectedly upon a steep wall of rock.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Humpy Hailed As King Kabumpo would never have stopped until he reached the Emerald City itself, had it not been for the mountain.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Rushing like an express train from a small dim wood, the Elegant Elephant came unexpectedly upon a steep wall of rock.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading Rushing like an express train from a small dim wood, the Elegant Elephant came unexpectedly upon a steep wall of rock.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Humpy, who was lightest, sailed farthest and, landing first, made a splendid cushion for Snip and Dorothy to fall on.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading With a snort of surprise he stopped so sharply that everyone in the party went sailing over his head.
which person or people
From this reading Humpy, who was lightest, sailed farthest and, landing first, made a splendid cushion for Snip and Dorothy to fall on.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With a snort of surprise he stopped so sharply that everyone in the party went sailing over his head.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading Rushing like an express train from a small dim wood, the Elegant Elephant came unexpectedly upon a steep wall of rock.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Humpy Hailed As King Kabumpo would never have stopped until he reached the Emerald City itself, had it not been for the mountain.
