(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 Walk up the kitchen and down the hall, And choose the fairest of us all.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Madams, to you I bow and bend, I take you for my dearest friend; You are two beauties, I declare, So come along with me, my dear.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Go back, go back, you Spanish knight, And rub your spurs till they are bright.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Go back, go back, you Spanish knight, And rub your spurs till they are bright.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Go back, go back, you Spanish knight, And rub your spurs till they are bright.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading My spurs are bright and richly wrought, And in this town they were not bought, And in this town they shan’t be sold, Neither for silver nor for gold.
beautiesnounUS /ˈbjuːtiz/
plural of “beauty” — the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading Madams, to you I bow and bend, I take you for my dearest friend; You are two beauties, I declare, So come along with me, my dear.
bendverbUS /bend/
form a curve
From this reading Madams, to you I bow and bend, I take you for my dearest friend; You are two beauties, I declare, So come along with me, my dear.
inflected form of “buy” — obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading My spurs are bright and richly wrought, And in this town they were not bought, And in this town they shan’t be sold, Neither for silver nor for gold.
a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
From this reading Madams, to you I bow and bend, I take you for my dearest friend; You are two beauties, I declare, So come along with me, my dear.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading Go back, go back, you Spanish knight, And rub your spurs till they are bright.
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading Walk up the kitchen and down the hall, And choose the fairest of us all.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Madams, to you I bow and bend, I take you for my dearest friend; You are two beauties, I declare, So come along with me, my dear.
Condover
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From this reading —Wenlock, Condover, Ellesmere, Market Drayton (_Shropshire Folk-lore_, p.
dearly loved
From this reading Madams, to you I bow and bend, I take you for my dearest friend; You are two beauties, I declare, So come along with me, my dear.
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading Madams, to you I bow and bend, I take you for my dearest friend; You are two beauties, I declare, So come along with me, my dear.
declareverbUS /dɪˈkler/
state emphatically and authoritatively
From this reading Madams, to you I bow and bend, I take you for my dearest friend; You are two beauties, I declare, So come along with me, my dear.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Walk up the kitchen and down the hall, And choose the fairest of us all.
Drayton
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From this reading —Wenlock, Condover, Ellesmere, Market Drayton (_Shropshire Folk-lore_, p.
Ellesmere
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From this reading —Wenlock, Condover, Ellesmere, Market Drayton (_Shropshire Folk-lore_, p.
fairestadjectiveUS /ˈferɪst/
superlative of “fair” — free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading Walk up the kitchen and down the hall, And choose the fairest of us all.
Folk-lore
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From this reading —Wenlock, Condover, Ellesmere, Market Drayton (_Shropshire Folk-lore_, p.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading My spurs are bright and richly wrought, And in this town they were not bought, And in this town they shan’t be sold, Neither for silver nor for gold.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Madams, to you I bow and bend, I take you for my dearest friend; You are two beauties, I declare, So come along with me, my dear.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Go back, go back, you Spanish knight, And rub your spurs till they are bright.
coins made of gold
From this reading My spurs are bright and richly wrought, And in this town they were not bought, And in this town they shan’t be sold, Neither for silver nor for gold.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading Walk up the kitchen and down the hall, And choose the fairest of us all.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Madams, to you I bow and bend, I take you for my dearest friend; You are two beauties, I declare, So come along with me, my dear.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading My spurs are bright and richly wrought, And in this town they were not bought, And in this town they shan’t be sold, Neither for silver nor for gold.
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading Walk up the kitchen and down the hall, And choose the fairest of us all.
originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading Go back, go back, you Spanish knight, And rub your spurs till they are bright.
Madams
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From this reading Madams, to you I bow and bend, I take you for my dearest friend; You are two beauties, I declare, So come along with me, my dear.
the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
From this reading —Wenlock, Condover, Ellesmere, Market Drayton (_Shropshire Folk-lore_, p.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Madams, to you I bow and bend, I take you for my dearest friend; You are two beauties, I declare, So come along with me, my dear.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My spurs are bright and richly wrought, And in this town they were not bought, And in this town they shan’t be sold, Neither for silver nor for gold.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading My spurs are bright and richly wrought, And in this town they were not bought, And in this town they shan’t be sold, Neither for silver nor for gold.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading My spurs are bright and richly wrought, And in this town they were not bought, And in this town they shan’t be sold, Neither for silver nor for gold.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading My spurs are bright and richly wrought, And in this town they were not bought, And in this town they shan’t be sold, Neither for silver nor for gold.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Walk up the kitchen and down the hall, And choose the fairest of us all.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading —Wenlock, Condover, Ellesmere, Market Drayton (_Shropshire Folk-lore_, p.
richlyadverbUS /ˈrɪtʃli/
to an ample degree or in an ample manner
From this reading My spurs are bright and richly wrought, And in this town they were not bought, And in this town they shan’t be sold, Neither for silver nor for gold.
rubverbUS /rʌb/
move over something with pressure
From this reading Go back, go back, you Spanish knight, And rub your spurs till they are bright.
shan't
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From this reading My spurs are bright and richly wrought, And in this town they were not bought, And in this town they shan’t be sold, Neither for silver nor for gold.
Shropshire
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From this reading —Wenlock, Condover, Ellesmere, Market Drayton (_Shropshire Folk-lore_, p.
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
From this reading My spurs are bright and richly wrought, And in this town they were not bought, And in this town they shan’t be sold, Neither for silver nor for gold.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Madams, to you I bow and bend, I take you for my dearest friend; You are two beauties, I declare, So come along with me, my dear.
disposed of to a purchaser
From this reading My spurs are bright and richly wrought, And in this town they were not bought, And in this town they shan’t be sold, Neither for silver nor for gold.
the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain
From this reading Go back, go back, you Spanish knight, And rub your spurs till they are bright.
spursnounUS /spɜːrz/
plural of “spur” — a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
From this reading Go back, go back, you Spanish knight, And rub your spurs till they are bright.
carry out
From this reading Madams, to you I bow and bend, I take you for my dearest friend; You are two beauties, I declare, So come along with me, my dear.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Walk up the kitchen and down the hall, And choose the fairest of us all.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Go back, go back, you Spanish knight, And rub your spurs till they are bright.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading My spurs are bright and richly wrought, And in this town they were not bought, And in this town they shan’t be sold, Neither for silver nor for gold.
up to a particular time
From this reading Go back, go back, you Spanish knight, And rub your spurs till they are bright.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Madams, to you I bow and bend, I take you for my dearest friend; You are two beauties, I declare, So come along with me, my dear.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading My spurs are bright and richly wrought, And in this town they were not bought, And in this town they shan’t be sold, Neither for silver nor for gold.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Madams, to you I bow and bend, I take you for my dearest friend; You are two beauties, I declare, So come along with me, my dear.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Walk up the kitchen and down the hall, And choose the fairest of us all.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Walk up the kitchen and down the hall, And choose the fairest of us all.
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading Walk up the kitchen and down the hall, And choose the fairest of us all.
Wenlock
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From this reading —Wenlock, Condover, Ellesmere, Market Drayton (_Shropshire Folk-lore_, p.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading My spurs are bright and richly wrought, And in this town they were not bought, And in this town they shan’t be sold, Neither for silver nor for gold.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Madams, to you I bow and bend, I take you for my dearest friend; You are two beauties, I declare, So come along with me, my dear.
wroughtadjectiveUS /rɔːt/
shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
From this reading My spurs are bright and richly wrought, And in this town they were not bought, And in this town they shan’t be sold, Neither for silver nor for gold.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Go back, go back, you Spanish knight, And rub your spurs till they are bright.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Go back, go back, you Spanish knight, And rub your spurs till they are bright.
