used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading He was christened Donald Percival McKenzie, but his mother preferred to call him Percival.
christenedverbUS /ˈkrɪsənd/
past form of “christen” — administer baptism to
From this reading He was christened Donald Percival McKenzie, but his mother preferred to call him Percival.
Donald
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From this reading He was christened Donald Percival McKenzie, but his mother preferred to call him Percival.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
guardedadjectiveUS /ˈɡɑːrdəd/
prudent
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was christened Donald Percival McKenzie, but his mother preferred to call him Percival.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He was christened Donald Percival McKenzie, but his mother preferred to call him Percival.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was christened Donald Percival McKenzie, but his mother preferred to call him Percival.
httpnounUS /ˌeɪtʃtiːtiːˈpiː/
a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
From this reading See http://
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
plural of “keep” — the financial means whereby one lives
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
take somebody somewhere
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
leaguenounUS /liːɡ/
an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
McKenzie
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From this reading He was christened Donald Percival McKenzie, but his mother preferred to call him Percival.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading He was christened Donald Percival McKenzie, but his mother preferred to call him Percival.
a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
Percival
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From this reading He was christened Donald Percival McKenzie, but his mother preferred to call him Percival.
preferredadjectiveUS /prəˈfɜːrd/
more desirable than another
From this reading He was christened Donald Percival McKenzie, but his mother preferred to call him Percival.
reefnounUS /riːf/
a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading V. S. W.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading _The Sea Road_.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See http://
(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
not in physical motion
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
There's
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From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was christened Donald Percival McKenzie, but his mother preferred to call him Percival.
trampnounUS /træmp/
a vagrant
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
untoprepositionUS /ˈʌntuː/
an old word for “to”
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading V. S. W.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading V. S. W.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was christened Donald Percival McKenzie, but his mother preferred to call him Percival.
look attentively
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
(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 There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
in or at the place that
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
which person or people
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
in the company of; together with
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There's few who know the ocean road, Its way by reef and bar: It keeps its secret guarded well, In league with sun and star; But if you tramp it year by year, And watch it wild and still, Its heart will open unto you, And lead you where you will.
