not being in a specified place
From this reading Jack Kimball and his chums, landing at the fisherman's dock from the _Dixie_, thus commented when they paid another visit to Denny's cabin, and found him still absent.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading "Maybe those fellows have got to him after all."
(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 I wonder where he can be keeping himself, all day?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Jack Kimball and his chums, landing at the fisherman's dock from the _Dixie_, thus commented when they paid another visit to Denny's cabin, and found him still absent.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Jack Kimball and his chums, landing at the fisherman's dock from the _Dixie_, thus commented when they paid another visit to Denny's cabin, and found him still absent.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Jack Kimball and his chums, landing at the fisherman's dock from the _Dixie_, thus commented when they paid another visit to Denny's cabin, and found him still absent.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading THE BREAKDOWN "Well, he hasn't come back yet."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I wonder where he can be keeping himself, all day?"
BREAKDOWNnounUS /ˈbreɪkdaʊn/
the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
From this reading THE BREAKDOWN "Well, he hasn't come back yet."
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading Jack Kimball and his chums, landing at the fisherman's dock from the _Dixie_, thus commented when they paid another visit to Denny's cabin, and found him still absent.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I wonder where he can be keeping himself, all day?"
chumsnounUS /tʃʌmz/
plural of “chum” — a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading Jack Kimball and his chums, landing at the fisherman's dock from the _Dixie_, thus commented when they paid another visit to Denny's cabin, and found him still absent.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading THE BREAKDOWN "Well, he hasn't come back yet."
commentedverbUS /ˈkɑːmentəd/
past form of “comment” — make or write a comment on
From this reading Jack Kimball and his chums, landing at the fisherman's dock from the _Dixie_, thus commented when they paid another visit to Denny's cabin, and found him still absent.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading I wonder where he can be keeping himself, all day?"
Denny's
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From this reading Jack Kimball and his chums, landing at the fisherman's dock from the _Dixie_, thus commented when they paid another visit to Denny's cabin, and found him still absent.
DixienounUS /ˈdɪksi/
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
From this reading Jack Kimball and his chums, landing at the fisherman's dock from the _Dixie_, thus commented when they paid another visit to Denny's cabin, and found him still absent.
docknounUS /dɑːk/
an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
From this reading Jack Kimball and his chums, landing at the fisherman's dock from the _Dixie_, thus commented when they paid another visit to Denny's cabin, and found him still absent.
plural of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading "Maybe those fellows have got to him after all."
fisherman'snounUS /ˈfɪʃərmənz/
possessive form of “fisherman” — someone whose occupation is catching fish
From this reading Jack Kimball and his chums, landing at the fisherman's dock from the _Dixie_, thus commented when they paid another visit to Denny's cabin, and found him still absent.
set up or found
From this reading Jack Kimball and his chums, landing at the fisherman's dock from the _Dixie_, thus commented when they paid another visit to Denny's cabin, and found him still absent.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Jack Kimball and his chums, landing at the fisherman's dock from the _Dixie_, thus commented when they paid another visit to Denny's cabin, and found him still absent.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Maybe those fellows have got to him after all."
hasn't
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From this reading THE BREAKDOWN "Well, he hasn't come back yet."
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Maybe those fellows have got to him after all."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE BREAKDOWN "Well, he hasn't come back yet."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Maybe those fellows have got to him after all."
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading I wonder where he can be keeping himself, all day?"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Jack Kimball and his chums, landing at the fisherman's dock from the _Dixie_, thus commented when they paid another visit to Denny's cabin, and found him still absent.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I wonder where he can be keeping himself, all day?"
It's
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From this reading "No. It's sort of queer, too.
a small worthless amount
From this reading Jack Kimball and his chums, landing at the fisherman's dock from the _Dixie_, thus commented when they paid another visit to Denny's cabin, and found him still absent.
conformity or harmony
From this reading I wonder where he can be keeping himself, all day?"
Kimball
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From this reading Jack Kimball and his chums, landing at the fisherman's dock from the _Dixie_, thus commented when they paid another visit to Denny's cabin, and found him still absent.
landingnounUS /ˈlændɪŋ/
an intermediate platform in a staircase
From this reading Jack Kimball and his chums, landing at the fisherman's dock from the _Dixie_, thus commented when they paid another visit to Denny's cabin, and found him still absent.
by chance
From this reading "Maybe those fellows have got to him after all."
not any; not one
From this reading "No. It's sort of queer, too.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "No. It's sort of queer, too.
marked by the reception of pay
From this reading Jack Kimball and his chums, landing at the fisherman's dock from the _Dixie_, thus commented when they paid another visit to Denny's cabin, and found him still absent.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading "No. It's sort of queer, too.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading "No. It's sort of queer, too.
not in physical motion
From this reading Jack Kimball and his chums, landing at the fisherman's dock from the _Dixie_, thus commented when they paid another visit to Denny's cabin, and found him still absent.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BREAKDOWN "Well, he hasn't come back yet."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Jack Kimball and his chums, landing at the fisherman's dock from the _Dixie_, thus commented when they paid another visit to Denny's cabin, and found him still absent.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "Maybe those fellows have got to him after all."
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading Jack Kimball and his chums, landing at the fisherman's dock from the _Dixie_, thus commented when they paid another visit to Denny's cabin, and found him still absent.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Maybe those fellows have got to him after all."
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading "No. It's sort of queer, too.
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading Jack Kimball and his chums, landing at the fisherman's dock from the _Dixie_, thus commented when they paid another visit to Denny's cabin, and found him still absent.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading THE BREAKDOWN "Well, he hasn't come back yet."
at the time that
From this reading Jack Kimball and his chums, landing at the fisherman's dock from the _Dixie_, thus commented when they paid another visit to Denny's cabin, and found him still absent.
in or at the place that
From this reading I wonder where he can be keeping himself, all day?"
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading I wonder where he can be keeping himself, all day?"
but in spite of that
From this reading THE BREAKDOWN "Well, he hasn't come back yet."
