used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
(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 All night did Fishing Bird watch and follow him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Then Fishing Bird hid here for maybe Lone-Elk be coming back when white brother still was sleeping.
barnnounUS /bɑːrn/
an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Then Fishing Bird hid here for maybe Lone-Elk be coming back when white brother still was sleeping.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Lone-Elk has been here.
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading Morning comes now.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Then Fishing Bird hid here for maybe Lone-Elk be coming back when white brother still was sleeping.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading All night did Fishing Bird watch and follow him.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
droppingadjectiveUS /ˈdrɑːpɪŋ/
coming down freely under the influence of gravity
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
FishingnounUS /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/
the act of someone who fishes as a diversion
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading All night did Fishing Bird watch and follow him.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Then Fishing Bird hid here for maybe Lone-Elk be coming back when white brother still was sleeping.
alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
in a gradual manner
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Lone-Elk has been here.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Lone-Elk has been here.
inflected form of “hide” — prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading Then Fishing Bird hid here for maybe Lone-Elk be coming back when white brother still was sleeping.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
Kingdom'snounUS /ˈkɪŋdəmz/
possessive form of “kingdom” — a domain in which something is dominant
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
hear with intention
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
Lone-Elk
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From this reading “Lone-Elk has been here.
by chance
From this reading Then Fishing Bird hid here for maybe Lone-Elk be coming back when white brother still was sleeping.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Morning comes now.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading All night did Fishing Bird watch and follow him.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Morning comes now.
Paleface
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
the state of being asleep
From this reading Then Fishing Bird hid here for maybe Lone-Elk be coming back when white brother still was sleeping.
with low volume
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
not in physical motion
From this reading Then Fishing Bird hid here for maybe Lone-Elk be coming back when white brother still was sleeping.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Then Fishing Bird hid here for maybe Lone-Elk be coming back when white brother still was sleeping.
look attentively
From this reading All night did Fishing Bird watch and follow him.
at the time that
From this reading Then Fishing Bird hid here for maybe Lone-Elk be coming back when white brother still was sleeping.
speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
a Caucasian
From this reading “Listen, White Fox, listen, my Paleface brother,” said Fishing Bird softly as he took Kingdom’s hand and drew him gently into the barn; then dropping his voice to a whisper:
