used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A lifeless, listless gloom haunted the spot, a blank despondency that reached even Billy’s nerves, dashed his spirit, and made him long heartily to be away.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Half an hour passed and the vapour increased in density.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But the day grew more dark and more still.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They poured down into the hollow presently and crept over the water at the bottom.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading A lifeless, listless gloom haunted the spot, a blank despondency that reached even Billy’s nerves, dashed his spirit, and made him long heartily to be away.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading A lifeless, listless gloom haunted the spot, a blank despondency that reached even Billy’s nerves, dashed his spirit, and made him long heartily to be away.
Billy'snounUS /ˈbɪliz/
possessive form of “billy” — a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading A lifeless, listless gloom haunted the spot, a blank despondency that reached even Billy’s nerves, dashed his spirit, and made him long heartily to be away.
blankadjectiveUS /blæŋk/
(of a surface) not written or printed on
From this reading A lifeless, listless gloom haunted the spot, a blank despondency that reached even Billy’s nerves, dashed his spirit, and made him long heartily to be away.
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading Then came the crawling tentacles of the fog, and they stole over the brim of Crazywell and thrust here and there, like some blind, live creature feeling for food.
the lower side of anything
From this reading They poured down into the hollow presently and crept over the water at the bottom.
brimnounUS /brɪm/
the top edge of a vessel or other container
From this reading Then came the crawling tentacles of the fog, and they stole over the brim of Crazywell and thrust here and there, like some blind, live creature feeling for food.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the day grew more dark and more still.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Then came the crawling tentacles of the fog, and they stole over the brim of Crazywell and thrust here and there, like some blind, live creature feeling for food.
crawlingnounUS /ˈkrɔːlɪŋ/
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
From this reading Then came the crawling tentacles of the fog, and they stole over the brim of Crazywell and thrust here and there, like some blind, live creature feeling for food.
Crazywell
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From this reading Then came the crawling tentacles of the fog, and they stole over the brim of Crazywell and thrust here and there, like some blind, live creature feeling for food.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading Then came the crawling tentacles of the fog, and they stole over the brim of Crazywell and thrust here and there, like some blind, live creature feeling for food.
inflected form of “creep” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading They poured down into the hollow presently and crept over the water at the bottom.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading But the day grew more dark and more still.
having gaps or spaces
From this reading A lifeless, listless gloom haunted the spot, a blank despondency that reached even Billy’s nerves, dashed his spirit, and made him long heartily to be away.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading But the day grew more dark and more still.
densitynounUS /ˈdensəti/
the amount per unit size
From this reading Half an hour passed and the vapour increased in density.
despondencynounUS /dɪˈspɑːndənsi/
feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
From this reading A lifeless, listless gloom haunted the spot, a blank despondency that reached even Billy’s nerves, dashed his spirit, and made him long heartily to be away.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading They poured down into the hollow presently and crept over the water at the bottom.
divisible by two
From this reading A lifeless, listless gloom haunted the spot, a blank despondency that reached even Billy’s nerves, dashed his spirit, and made him long heartily to be away.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading Then came the crawling tentacles of the fog, and they stole over the brim of Crazywell and thrust here and there, like some blind, live creature feeling for food.
fognounUS /fɑːɡ/
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading Then came the crawling tentacles of the fog, and they stole over the brim of Crazywell and thrust here and there, like some blind, live creature feeling for food.
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading Then came the crawling tentacles of the fog, and they stole over the brim of Crazywell and thrust here and there, like some blind, live creature feeling for food.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Then came the crawling tentacles of the fog, and they stole over the brim of Crazywell and thrust here and there, like some blind, live creature feeling for food.
a state of partial or total darkness
From this reading A lifeless, listless gloom haunted the spot, a blank despondency that reached even Billy’s nerves, dashed his spirit, and made him long heartily to be away.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading But the day grew more dark and more still.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading Half an hour passed and the vapour increased in density.
hauntedadjectiveUS /ˈhɔːntɪd/
having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something
From this reading A lifeless, listless gloom haunted the spot, a blank despondency that reached even Billy’s nerves, dashed his spirit, and made him long heartily to be away.
with gusto and without reservation
From this reading A lifeless, listless gloom haunted the spot, a blank despondency that reached even Billy’s nerves, dashed his spirit, and made him long heartily to be away.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Then came the crawling tentacles of the fog, and they stole over the brim of Crazywell and thrust here and there, like some blind, live creature feeling for food.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A lifeless, listless gloom haunted the spot, a blank despondency that reached even Billy’s nerves, dashed his spirit, and made him long heartily to be away.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A lifeless, listless gloom haunted the spot, a blank despondency that reached even Billy’s nerves, dashed his spirit, and made him long heartily to be away.
not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
From this reading They poured down into the hollow presently and crept over the water at the bottom.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading Half an hour passed and the vapour increased in density.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Half an hour passed and the vapour increased in density.
made greater in size or amount or degree
From this reading Half an hour passed and the vapour increased in density.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading They poured down into the hollow presently and crept over the water at the bottom.
lifelessadjectiveUS /ˈlaɪfləs/
deprived of life; no longer living
From this reading A lifeless, listless gloom haunted the spot, a blank despondency that reached even Billy’s nerves, dashed his spirit, and made him long heartily to be away.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Then came the crawling tentacles of the fog, and they stole over the brim of Crazywell and thrust here and there, like some blind, live creature feeling for food.
listlessadjectiveUS /ˈlɪstləs/
lacking zest or vivacity
From this reading A lifeless, listless gloom haunted the spot, a blank despondency that reached even Billy’s nerves, dashed his spirit, and made him long heartily to be away.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Then came the crawling tentacles of the fog, and they stole over the brim of Crazywell and thrust here and there, like some blind, live creature feeling for food.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading A lifeless, listless gloom haunted the spot, a blank despondency that reached even Billy’s nerves, dashed his spirit, and made him long heartily to be away.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading A lifeless, listless gloom haunted the spot, a blank despondency that reached even Billy’s nerves, dashed his spirit, and made him long heartily to be away.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading But the day grew more dark and more still.
an uneasy psychological state
From this reading A lifeless, listless gloom haunted the spot, a blank despondency that reached even Billy’s nerves, dashed his spirit, and made him long heartily to be away.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then came the crawling tentacles of the fog, and they stole over the brim of Crazywell and thrust here and there, like some blind, live creature feeling for food.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Then came the crawling tentacles of the fog, and they stole over the brim of Crazywell and thrust here and there, like some blind, live creature feeling for food.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Half an hour passed and the vapour increased in density.
past form of “pour” — cause to run
From this reading They poured down into the hollow presently and crept over the water at the bottom.
in the near future
From this reading They poured down into the hollow presently and crept over the water at the bottom.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading A lifeless, listless gloom haunted the spot, a blank despondency that reached even Billy’s nerves, dashed his spirit, and made him long heartily to be away.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Then came the crawling tentacles of the fog, and they stole over the brim of Crazywell and thrust here and there, like some blind, live creature feeling for food.
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading A lifeless, listless gloom haunted the spot, a blank despondency that reached even Billy’s nerves, dashed his spirit, and made him long heartily to be away.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading A lifeless, listless gloom haunted the spot, a blank despondency that reached even Billy’s nerves, dashed his spirit, and made him long heartily to be away.
not in physical motion
From this reading But the day grew more dark and more still.
a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
From this reading Then came the crawling tentacles of the fog, and they stole over the brim of Crazywell and thrust here and there, like some blind, live creature feeling for food.
tentaclesnounUS /ˈtentəkəlz/
plural of “tentacle” — something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold
From this reading Then came the crawling tentacles of the fog, and they stole over the brim of Crazywell and thrust here and there, like some blind, live creature feeling for food.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A lifeless, listless gloom haunted the spot, a blank despondency that reached even Billy’s nerves, dashed his spirit, and made him long heartily to be away.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But the day grew more dark and more still.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then came the crawling tentacles of the fog, and they stole over the brim of Crazywell and thrust here and there, like some blind, live creature feeling for food.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Then came the crawling tentacles of the fog, and they stole over the brim of Crazywell and thrust here and there, like some blind, live creature feeling for food.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then came the crawling tentacles of the fog, and they stole over the brim of Crazywell and thrust here and there, like some blind, live creature feeling for food.
push forcefully
From this reading Then came the crawling tentacles of the fog, and they stole over the brim of Crazywell and thrust here and there, like some blind, live creature feeling for food.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A lifeless, listless gloom haunted the spot, a blank despondency that reached even Billy’s nerves, dashed his spirit, and made him long heartily to be away.
vapournoun
a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance
From this reading Half an hour passed and the vapour increased in density.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading They poured down into the hollow presently and crept over the water at the bottom.
