touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading He pulled off the jacket he had worn against the chill of the desert night, and rolled it tightly.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He pulled off the jacket he had worn against the chill of the desert night, and rolled it tightly.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading He dropped to the deck and stretched flat on his back, the jacket tucked under the back of his head and neck.
chillnounUS /tʃɪl/
coldness due to a cold environment
From this reading He pulled off the jacket he had worn against the chill of the desert night, and rolled it tightly.
any of various platforms built into a vessel
From this reading He dropped to the deck and stretched flat on his back, the jacket tucked under the back of his head and neck.
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
From this reading He pulled off the jacket he had worn against the chill of the desert night, and rolled it tightly.
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading He dropped to the deck and stretched flat on his back, the jacket tucked under the back of his head and neck.
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading He dropped to the deck and stretched flat on his back, the jacket tucked under the back of his head and neck.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading He put his hands flat on the deck and sensed the increasing shudder of the great rocket.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Weight, One Ton Rick had no time to think.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading He put his hands flat on the deck and sensed the increasing shudder of the great rocket.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He reacted.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading He dropped to the deck and stretched flat on his back, the jacket tucked under the back of his head and neck.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He dropped to the deck and stretched flat on his back, the jacket tucked under the back of his head and neck.
increasingadjectiveUS /ˌɪnˈkriːsɪŋ/
becoming greater or larger
From this reading He put his hands flat on the deck and sensed the increasing shudder of the great rocket.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He pulled off the jacket he had worn against the chill of the desert night, and rolled it tightly.
jacketnounUS /ˈdʒækət/
a short coat
From this reading He pulled off the jacket he had worn against the chill of the desert night, and rolled it tightly.
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading He dropped to the deck and stretched flat on his back, the jacket tucked under the back of his head and neck.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading He pulled off the jacket he had worn against the chill of the desert night, and rolled it tightly.
not any; not one
From this reading Weight, One Ton Rick had no time to think.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He pulled off the jacket he had worn against the chill of the desert night, and rolled it tightly.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading He pulled off the jacket he had worn against the chill of the desert night, and rolled it tightly.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He dropped to the deck and stretched flat on his back, the jacket tucked under the back of his head and neck.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Weight, One Ton Rick had no time to think.
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading He pulled off the jacket he had worn against the chill of the desert night, and rolled it tightly.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading He put his hands flat on the deck and sensed the increasing shudder of the great rocket.
reactedverbUS /riˈæktɪd/
past form of “react” — show a response or a reaction to something
From this reading He reacted.
RicknounUS /rɪk/
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading Weight, One Ton Rick had no time to think.
rocketnounUS /ˈrɑːkət/
any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
From this reading He put his hands flat on the deck and sensed the increasing shudder of the great rocket.
especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
From this reading He pulled off the jacket he had worn against the chill of the desert night, and rolled it tightly.
sensedadjectiveUS /senst/
detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues
From this reading He put his hands flat on the deck and sensed the increasing shudder of the great rocket.
shudderverbUS /ˈʃʌdər/
shake, as from cold
From this reading He put his hands flat on the deck and sensed the increasing shudder of the great rocket.
(of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching
From this reading He dropped to the deck and stretched flat on his back, the jacket tucked under the back of his head and neck.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He pulled off the jacket he had worn against the chill of the desert night, and rolled it tightly.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Weight, One Ton Rick had no time to think.
tightlyadverbUS /ˈtaɪtli/
in a tight or constricted manner
From this reading He pulled off the jacket he had worn against the chill of the desert night, and rolled it tightly.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Weight, One Ton Rick had no time to think.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Weight, One Ton Rick had no time to think.
TonnounUS /tʌn/
a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
From this reading Weight, One Ton Rick had no time to think.
tuckedadjectiveUS /tʌkt/
having tucked or being tucked
From this reading He dropped to the deck and stretched flat on his back, the jacket tucked under the back of his head and neck.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading He dropped to the deck and stretched flat on his back, the jacket tucked under the back of his head and neck.
the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
From this reading Weight, One Ton Rick had no time to think.
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading He pulled off the jacket he had worn against the chill of the desert night, and rolled it tightly.
