used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE MIDDLE OF THE STAIRCASE Mallow Court, the Seymours' country home, lay not a mile from the village of St. Wennys.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading A low, two-storied house of creeper-clad stone, it stood perched upon the cliffs, overlooking the wild sea which beats up against the Cornish coast.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The house itself had been built in a quaint, three-sided fashion, the central portion and the two wings which flanked it rectangularly serving to enclose a sunk lawn round which ran a wide, flagged path.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A low, grey stone wall, facing the sea, fenced the fourth side of the square, at one end of which a gate gave egress on to the sea-bitten grassy slope that led to the edge of the cliff itself.
beatsnounUS /biːts/
a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)
From this reading A low, two-storied house of creeper-clad stone, it stood perched upon the cliffs, overlooking the wild sea which beats up against the Cornish coast.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The house itself had been built in a quaint, three-sided fashion, the central portion and the two wings which flanked it rectangularly serving to enclose a sunk lawn round which ran a wide, flagged path.
(used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness
From this reading The house itself had been built in a quaint, three-sided fashion, the central portion and the two wings which flanked it rectangularly serving to enclose a sunk lawn round which ran a wide, flagged path.
centraladjectiveUS /ˈsentrəl/
serving as an essential component
From this reading The house itself had been built in a quaint, three-sided fashion, the central portion and the two wings which flanked it rectangularly serving to enclose a sunk lawn round which ran a wide, flagged path.
cliffnounUS /klɪf/
a steep high face of rock
From this reading A low, grey stone wall, facing the sea, fenced the fourth side of the square, at one end of which a gate gave egress on to the sea-bitten grassy slope that led to the edge of the cliff itself.
cliffsnounUS /klɪfs/
plural of “cliff” — a steep high face of rock
From this reading A low, two-storied house of creeper-clad stone, it stood perched upon the cliffs, overlooking the wild sea which beats up against the Cornish coast.
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading A low, two-storied house of creeper-clad stone, it stood perched upon the cliffs, overlooking the wild sea which beats up against the Cornish coast.
coast-line
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From this reading A grove of trees half-girdled the house, and this, together with the sheltering upward trend of the downs on one side of it, tempered the violence of the fierce winds which sometimes swept the coast-line even in summer.
CornishnounUS /ˈkɔːrnɪʃ/
a Celtic language spoken in Cornwall
From this reading A low, two-storied house of creeper-clad stone, it stood perched upon the cliffs, overlooking the wild sea which beats up against the Cornish coast.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading THE MIDDLE OF THE STAIRCASE Mallow Court, the Seymours' country home, lay not a mile from the village of St. Wennys.
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading THE MIDDLE OF THE STAIRCASE Mallow Court, the Seymours' country home, lay not a mile from the village of St. Wennys.
creeper-clad
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From this reading A low, two-storied house of creeper-clad stone, it stood perched upon the cliffs, overlooking the wild sea which beats up against the Cornish coast.
downsnounUS /daʊnz/
plural of “down” — soft fine feathers
From this reading A grove of trees half-girdled the house, and this, together with the sheltering upward trend of the downs on one side of it, tempered the violence of the fierce winds which sometimes swept the coast-line even in summer.
the boundary of a surface
From this reading A low, grey stone wall, facing the sea, fenced the fourth side of the square, at one end of which a gate gave egress on to the sea-bitten grassy slope that led to the edge of the cliff itself.
egressnounUS /ɪˈɡres/
(astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse
From this reading A low, grey stone wall, facing the sea, fenced the fourth side of the square, at one end of which a gate gave egress on to the sea-bitten grassy slope that led to the edge of the cliff itself.
encloseverbUS /ɪnˈkloʊz/
enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
From this reading The house itself had been built in a quaint, three-sided fashion, the central portion and the two wings which flanked it rectangularly serving to enclose a sunk lawn round which ran a wide, flagged path.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading A low, grey stone wall, facing the sea, fenced the fourth side of the square, at one end of which a gate gave egress on to the sea-bitten grassy slope that led to the edge of the cliff itself.
divisible by two
From this reading A grove of trees half-girdled the house, and this, together with the sheltering upward trend of the downs on one side of it, tempered the violence of the fierce winds which sometimes swept the coast-line even in summer.
facingnounUS /ˈfeɪsɪŋ/
a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening
From this reading A low, grey stone wall, facing the sea, fenced the fourth side of the square, at one end of which a gate gave egress on to the sea-bitten grassy slope that led to the edge of the cliff itself.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading The house itself had been built in a quaint, three-sided fashion, the central portion and the two wings which flanked it rectangularly serving to enclose a sunk lawn round which ran a wide, flagged path.
fencedverbUS /fenst/
past form of “fence” — enclose with a fence
From this reading A low, grey stone wall, facing the sea, fenced the fourth side of the square, at one end of which a gate gave egress on to the sea-bitten grassy slope that led to the edge of the cliff itself.
marked by extreme and violent energy
From this reading A grove of trees half-girdled the house, and this, together with the sheltering upward trend of the downs on one side of it, tempered the violence of the fierce winds which sometimes swept the coast-line even in summer.
flaggedverbUS /flæɡd/
inflected form of “flag” — communicate or signal with a flag
From this reading The house itself had been built in a quaint, three-sided fashion, the central portion and the two wings which flanked it rectangularly serving to enclose a sunk lawn round which ran a wide, flagged path.
flankedverbUS /flæŋkt/
past form of “flank” — be located at the sides of something or somebody
From this reading The house itself had been built in a quaint, three-sided fashion, the central portion and the two wings which flanked it rectangularly serving to enclose a sunk lawn round which ran a wide, flagged path.
following the third position; number four in a countable series
From this reading A low, grey stone wall, facing the sea, fenced the fourth side of the square, at one end of which a gate gave egress on to the sea-bitten grassy slope that led to the edge of the cliff itself.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE MIDDLE OF THE STAIRCASE Mallow Court, the Seymours' country home, lay not a mile from the village of St. Wennys.
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading A low, grey stone wall, facing the sea, fenced the fourth side of the square, at one end of which a gate gave egress on to the sea-bitten grassy slope that led to the edge of the cliff itself.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading A low, grey stone wall, facing the sea, fenced the fourth side of the square, at one end of which a gate gave egress on to the sea-bitten grassy slope that led to the edge of the cliff itself.
grassyadjectiveUS /ˈɡræsi/
abounding in grass
From this reading A low, grey stone wall, facing the sea, fenced the fourth side of the square, at one end of which a gate gave egress on to the sea-bitten grassy slope that led to the edge of the cliff itself.
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading A low, grey stone wall, facing the sea, fenced the fourth side of the square, at one end of which a gate gave egress on to the sea-bitten grassy slope that led to the edge of the cliff itself.
grovenounUS /ɡroʊv/
a small growth of trees without underbrush
From this reading A grove of trees half-girdled the house, and this, together with the sheltering upward trend of the downs on one side of it, tempered the violence of the fierce winds which sometimes swept the coast-line even in summer.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The house itself had been built in a quaint, three-sided fashion, the central portion and the two wings which flanked it rectangularly serving to enclose a sunk lawn round which ran a wide, flagged path.
half-girdled
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From this reading A grove of trees half-girdled the house, and this, together with the sheltering upward trend of the downs on one side of it, tempered the violence of the fierce winds which sometimes swept the coast-line even in summer.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading THE MIDDLE OF THE STAIRCASE Mallow Court, the Seymours' country home, lay not a mile from the village of St. Wennys.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading A low, two-storied house of creeper-clad stone, it stood perched upon the cliffs, overlooking the wild sea which beats up against the Cornish coast.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The house itself had been built in a quaint, three-sided fashion, the central portion and the two wings which flanked it rectangularly serving to enclose a sunk lawn round which ran a wide, flagged path.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A low, two-storied house of creeper-clad stone, it stood perched upon the cliffs, overlooking the wild sea which beats up against the Cornish coast.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The house itself had been built in a quaint, three-sided fashion, the central portion and the two wings which flanked it rectangularly serving to enclose a sunk lawn round which ran a wide, flagged path.
lawnnounUS /lɔːn/
a field of cultivated and mowed grass
From this reading The house itself had been built in a quaint, three-sided fashion, the central portion and the two wings which flanked it rectangularly serving to enclose a sunk lawn round which ran a wide, flagged path.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading THE MIDDLE OF THE STAIRCASE Mallow Court, the Seymours' country home, lay not a mile from the village of St. Wennys.
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading A low, grey stone wall, facing the sea, fenced the fourth side of the square, at one end of which a gate gave egress on to the sea-bitten grassy slope that led to the edge of the cliff itself.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading A low, two-storied house of creeper-clad stone, it stood perched upon the cliffs, overlooking the wild sea which beats up against the Cornish coast.
MallownounUS /ˈmæloʊ/
any of various plants of the family Malvaceae
From this reading THE MIDDLE OF THE STAIRCASE Mallow Court, the Seymours' country home, lay not a mile from the village of St. Wennys.
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
From this reading THE MIDDLE OF THE STAIRCASE Mallow Court, the Seymours' country home, lay not a mile from the village of St. Wennys.
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading THE MIDDLE OF THE STAIRCASE Mallow Court, the Seymours' country home, lay not a mile from the village of St. Wennys.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE MIDDLE OF THE STAIRCASE Mallow Court, the Seymours' country home, lay not a mile from the village of St. Wennys.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE MIDDLE OF THE STAIRCASE Mallow Court, the Seymours' country home, lay not a mile from the village of St. Wennys.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A low, grey stone wall, facing the sea, fenced the fourth side of the square, at one end of which a gate gave egress on to the sea-bitten grassy slope that led to the edge of the cliff itself.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A low, grey stone wall, facing the sea, fenced the fourth side of the square, at one end of which a gate gave egress on to the sea-bitten grassy slope that led to the edge of the cliff itself.
overlookingadjectiveUS /ˈoʊvərlʊkɪŋ/
used of a height or viewpoint
From this reading A low, two-storied house of creeper-clad stone, it stood perched upon the cliffs, overlooking the wild sea which beats up against the Cornish coast.
a course of conduct
From this reading The house itself had been built in a quaint, three-sided fashion, the central portion and the two wings which flanked it rectangularly serving to enclose a sunk lawn round which ran a wide, flagged path.
perchedverbUS /pɜːrtʃt/
past form of “perch” — sit, as on a branch
From this reading A low, two-storied house of creeper-clad stone, it stood perched upon the cliffs, overlooking the wild sea which beats up against the Cornish coast.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading The house itself had been built in a quaint, three-sided fashion, the central portion and the two wings which flanked it rectangularly serving to enclose a sunk lawn round which ran a wide, flagged path.
quaintadjectiveUS /kweɪnt/
strange in an interesting or pleasing way
From this reading The house itself had been built in a quaint, three-sided fashion, the central portion and the two wings which flanked it rectangularly serving to enclose a sunk lawn round which ran a wide, flagged path.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading The house itself had been built in a quaint, three-sided fashion, the central portion and the two wings which flanked it rectangularly serving to enclose a sunk lawn round which ran a wide, flagged path.
rectangularly
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From this reading The house itself had been built in a quaint, three-sided fashion, the central portion and the two wings which flanked it rectangularly serving to enclose a sunk lawn round which ran a wide, flagged path.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading The house itself had been built in a quaint, three-sided fashion, the central portion and the two wings which flanked it rectangularly serving to enclose a sunk lawn round which ran a wide, flagged path.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading A low, two-storied house of creeper-clad stone, it stood perched upon the cliffs, overlooking the wild sea which beats up against the Cornish coast.
sea-bitten
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From this reading A low, grey stone wall, facing the sea, fenced the fourth side of the square, at one end of which a gate gave egress on to the sea-bitten grassy slope that led to the edge of the cliff itself.
servingnounUS /ˈsɜːrvɪŋ/
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
From this reading The house itself had been built in a quaint, three-sided fashion, the central portion and the two wings which flanked it rectangularly serving to enclose a sunk lawn round which ran a wide, flagged path.
Seymours
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From this reading THE MIDDLE OF THE STAIRCASE Mallow Court, the Seymours' country home, lay not a mile from the village of St. Wennys.
shelteringverbUS /ˈʃeltərɪŋ/
-ing form of “shelter” — provide shelter for
From this reading A grove of trees half-girdled the house, and this, together with the sheltering upward trend of the downs on one side of it, tempered the violence of the fierce winds which sometimes swept the coast-line even in summer.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading A low, grey stone wall, facing the sea, fenced the fourth side of the square, at one end of which a gate gave egress on to the sea-bitten grassy slope that led to the edge of the cliff itself.
an elevated geological formation
From this reading A low, grey stone wall, facing the sea, fenced the fourth side of the square, at one end of which a gate gave egress on to the sea-bitten grassy slope that led to the edge of the cliff itself.
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading A grove of trees half-girdled the house, and this, together with the sheltering upward trend of the downs on one side of it, tempered the violence of the fierce winds which sometimes swept the coast-line even in summer.
make square
From this reading A low, grey stone wall, facing the sea, fenced the fourth side of the square, at one end of which a gate gave egress on to the sea-bitten grassy slope that led to the edge of the cliff itself.
St
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From this reading THE MIDDLE OF THE STAIRCASE Mallow Court, the Seymours' country home, lay not a mile from the village of St. Wennys.
a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps
From this reading THE MIDDLE OF THE STAIRCASE Mallow Court, the Seymours' country home, lay not a mile from the village of St. Wennys.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading A low, two-storied house of creeper-clad stone, it stood perched upon the cliffs, overlooking the wild sea which beats up against the Cornish coast.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading A low, two-storied house of creeper-clad stone, it stood perched upon the cliffs, overlooking the wild sea which beats up against the Cornish coast.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading A grove of trees half-girdled the house, and this, together with the sheltering upward trend of the downs on one side of it, tempered the violence of the fierce winds which sometimes swept the coast-line even in summer.
sunkadjectiveUS /sʌŋk/
doomed to extinction
From this reading The house itself had been built in a quaint, three-sided fashion, the central portion and the two wings which flanked it rectangularly serving to enclose a sunk lawn round which ran a wide, flagged path.
possessing sweep
From this reading A grove of trees half-girdled the house, and this, together with the sheltering upward trend of the downs on one side of it, tempered the violence of the fierce winds which sometimes swept the coast-line even in summer.
temperedadjectiveUS /ˈtempərd/
made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
From this reading A grove of trees half-girdled the house, and this, together with the sheltering upward trend of the downs on one side of it, tempered the violence of the fierce winds which sometimes swept the coast-line even in summer.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A low, grey stone wall, facing the sea, fenced the fourth side of the square, at one end of which a gate gave egress on to the sea-bitten grassy slope that led to the edge of the cliff itself.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MIDDLE OF THE STAIRCASE Mallow Court, the Seymours' country home, lay not a mile from the village of St. Wennys.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading A grove of trees half-girdled the house, and this, together with the sheltering upward trend of the downs on one side of it, tempered the violence of the fierce winds which sometimes swept the coast-line even in summer.
three-sidedadjective
having three sides
From this reading The house itself had been built in a quaint, three-sided fashion, the central portion and the two wings which flanked it rectangularly serving to enclose a sunk lawn round which ran a wide, flagged path.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The house itself had been built in a quaint, three-sided fashion, the central portion and the two wings which flanked it rectangularly serving to enclose a sunk lawn round which ran a wide, flagged path.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading A grove of trees half-girdled the house, and this, together with the sheltering upward trend of the downs on one side of it, tempered the violence of the fierce winds which sometimes swept the coast-line even in summer.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading A grove of trees half-girdled the house, and this, together with the sheltering upward trend of the downs on one side of it, tempered the violence of the fierce winds which sometimes swept the coast-line even in summer.
trendnounUS /trend/
a general direction in which something tends to move
From this reading A grove of trees half-girdled the house, and this, together with the sheltering upward trend of the downs on one side of it, tempered the violence of the fierce winds which sometimes swept the coast-line even in summer.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading The house itself had been built in a quaint, three-sided fashion, the central portion and the two wings which flanked it rectangularly serving to enclose a sunk lawn round which ran a wide, flagged path.
two-storied
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From this reading A low, two-storied house of creeper-clad stone, it stood perched upon the cliffs, overlooking the wild sea which beats up against the Cornish coast.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading A low, two-storied house of creeper-clad stone, it stood perched upon the cliffs, overlooking the wild sea which beats up against the Cornish coast.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading A low, two-storied house of creeper-clad stone, it stood perched upon the cliffs, overlooking the wild sea which beats up against the Cornish coast.
upwardadjectiveUS /ˈʌpwərd/
directed up
From this reading A grove of trees half-girdled the house, and this, together with the sheltering upward trend of the downs on one side of it, tempered the violence of the fierce winds which sometimes swept the coast-line even in summer.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading THE MIDDLE OF THE STAIRCASE Mallow Court, the Seymours' country home, lay not a mile from the village of St. Wennys.
an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
From this reading A grove of trees half-girdled the house, and this, together with the sheltering upward trend of the downs on one side of it, tempered the violence of the fierce winds which sometimes swept the coast-line even in summer.
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 A low, grey stone wall, facing the sea, fenced the fourth side of the square, at one end of which a gate gave egress on to the sea-bitten grassy slope that led to the edge of the cliff itself.
Wennys
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From this reading THE MIDDLE OF THE STAIRCASE Mallow Court, the Seymours' country home, lay not a mile from the village of St. Wennys.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A low, two-storied house of creeper-clad stone, it stood perched upon the cliffs, overlooking the wild sea which beats up against the Cornish coast.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading The house itself had been built in a quaint, three-sided fashion, the central portion and the two wings which flanked it rectangularly serving to enclose a sunk lawn round which ran a wide, flagged path.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading A low, two-storied house of creeper-clad stone, it stood perched upon the cliffs, overlooking the wild sea which beats up against the Cornish coast.
plural of “wind” — air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading A grove of trees half-girdled the house, and this, together with the sheltering upward trend of the downs on one side of it, tempered the violence of the fierce winds which sometimes swept the coast-line even in summer.
a means of flight or ascent
From this reading The house itself had been built in a quaint, three-sided fashion, the central portion and the two wings which flanked it rectangularly serving to enclose a sunk lawn round which ran a wide, flagged path.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A grove of trees half-girdled the house, and this, together with the sheltering upward trend of the downs on one side of it, tempered the violence of the fierce winds which sometimes swept the coast-line even in summer.
