used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
a-Wednesday
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From this reading I got you a invite to some doin's at the Uplift Club a-Wednesday."
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading "Yes," her red lips shaped the word to the other's eyes, though no sound could make itself heard above that din except such eldritch shrieks as Mandy's.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Yes," her red lips shaped the word to the other's eyes, though no sound could make itself heard above that din except such eldritch shrieks as Mandy's.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I got you a invite to some doin's at the Uplift Club a-Wednesday."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The girl looked up, flushed, tired, but eagerly receptive.
clamourverbUS /ˈklæmər/
utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading I got you a invite to some doin's at the Uplift Club a-Wednesday."
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "Yes," her red lips shaped the word to the other's eyes, though no sound could make itself heard above that din except such eldritch shrieks as Mandy's.
deafeningadjectiveUS /ˈdefənɪŋ/
loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
dinnounUS /dɪn/
a loud harsh or strident noise
From this reading "Yes," her red lips shaped the word to the other's eyes, though no sound could make itself heard above that din except such eldritch shrieks as Mandy's.
doin's
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From this reading I got you a invite to some doin's at the Uplift Club a-Wednesday."
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading "I done it.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
with eagerness; in an eager manner
From this reading The girl looked up, flushed, tired, but eagerly receptive.
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
eldritchadjectiveUS /ˈeldrɪtʃ/
suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
From this reading "Yes," her red lips shaped the word to the other's eyes, though no sound could make itself heard above that din except such eldritch shrieks as Mandy's.
apart from; not including
From this reading "Yes," her red lips shaped the word to the other's eyes, though no sound could make itself heard above that din except such eldritch shrieks as Mandy's.
opinion or judgment
From this reading "Yes," her red lips shaped the word to the other's eyes, though no sound could make itself heard above that din except such eldritch shrieks as Mandy's.
having the pinkish flush of health
From this reading The girl looked up, flushed, tired, but eagerly receptive.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
inflected form of “fight” — be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
a young female
From this reading The girl looked up, flushed, tired, but eagerly receptive.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I got you a invite to some doin's at the Uplift Club a-Wednesday."
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading "Yes," her red lips shaped the word to the other's eyes, though no sound could make itself heard above that din except such eldritch shrieks as Mandy's.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
I'd
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From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
inviteverbUS /ˌɪnˈvaɪt/
increase the likelihood of
From this reading I got you a invite to some doin's at the Uplift Club a-Wednesday."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I done it.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading "Yes," her red lips shaped the word to the other's eyes, though no sound could make itself heard above that din except such eldritch shrieks as Mandy's.
Johnnie's
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From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading The girl looked up, flushed, tired, but eagerly receptive.
loomsnounUS /luːmz/
plural of “loom” — a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
engage in
From this reading "Yes," her red lips shaped the word to the other's eyes, though no sound could make itself heard above that din except such eldritch shrieks as Mandy's.
Mandy
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From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
Mandy's
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From this reading "Yes," her red lips shaped the word to the other's eyes, though no sound could make itself heard above that din except such eldritch shrieks as Mandy's.
Meacham
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From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
not any; not one
From this reading "Yes," her red lips shaped the word to the other's eyes, though no sound could make itself heard above that din except such eldritch shrieks as Mandy's.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
other's
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From this reading "Yes," her red lips shaped the word to the other's eyes, though no sound could make itself heard above that din except such eldritch shrieks as Mandy's.
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
receptiveadjectiveUS /rɪˈseptɪv/
open to arguments, ideas, or change
From this reading The girl looked up, flushed, tired, but eagerly receptive.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading "Yes," her red lips shaped the word to the other's eyes, though no sound could make itself heard above that din except such eldritch shrieks as Mandy's.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
shapedadjectiveUS /ʃeɪpt/
shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
From this reading "Yes," her red lips shaped the word to the other's eyes, though no sound could make itself heard above that din except such eldritch shrieks as Mandy's.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
shrieksnounUS /ʃriːks/
plural of “shriek” — sharp piercing cry
From this reading "Yes," her red lips shaped the word to the other's eyes, though no sound could make itself heard above that din except such eldritch shrieks as Mandy's.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I got you a invite to some doin's at the Uplift Club a-Wednesday."
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading "Yes," her red lips shaped the word to the other's eyes, though no sound could make itself heard above that din except such eldritch shrieks as Mandy's.
express in speech
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
struggledverbUS /ˈstrʌɡəld/
past form of “struggle” — make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "Yes," her red lips shaped the word to the other's eyes, though no sound could make itself heard above that din except such eldritch shrieks as Mandy's.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Yes," her red lips shaped the word to the other's eyes, though no sound could make itself heard above that din except such eldritch shrieks as Mandy's.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading "Yes," her red lips shaped the word to the other's eyes, though no sound could make itself heard above that din except such eldritch shrieks as Mandy's.
tiredadjectiveUS /ˈtaɪərd/
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading The girl looked up, flushed, tired, but eagerly receptive.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The girl looked up, flushed, tired, but eagerly receptive.
UpliftverbUS /ˈʌplɪft/
fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
From this reading I got you a invite to some doin's at the Uplift Club a-Wednesday."
the act of using
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
weavingnounUS /ˈwiːvɪŋ/
creating fabric
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
in or at the place that
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
a means of flight or ascent
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
in the company of; together with
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes," her red lips shaped the word to the other's eyes, though no sound could make itself heard above that din except such eldritch shrieks as Mandy's.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading OF THE USE OF WINGS "I told you I'd speak a good word for you," shouted Mandy Meacham, putting her lips down close to Johnnie's ear where she struggled and fought with her looms amid the deafening clamour of the weaving room.
