used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb: Take up the torch and ware it wide, The torch that lights times thickest gloom."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb: Take up the torch and ware it wide, The torch that lights times thickest gloom."
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Speed, speed thy work; cast sloth away: It is not thus that souls are won."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading HOME AT LAST.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Speed, speed thy work; cast sloth away: It is not thus that souls are won."
put or send forth
From this reading Speed, speed thy work; cast sloth away: It is not thus that souls are won."
give encouragement to
From this reading "Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb: Take up the torch and ware it wide, The torch that lights times thickest gloom."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading THE evening of the farewell missionary meeting had come round.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading "Go labour on while it is day; The world's dark night is hastening on.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading "Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb: Take up the torch and ware it wide, The torch that lights times thickest gloom."
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading "Go labour on while it is day; The world's dark night is hastening on.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading "Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb: Take up the torch and ware it wide, The torch that lights times thickest gloom."
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading THE evening of the farewell missionary meeting had come round.
an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
From this reading THE evening of the farewell missionary meeting had come round.
a state of partial or total darkness
From this reading "Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb: Take up the torch and ware it wide, The torch that lights times thickest gloom."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Go labour on while it is day; The world's dark night is hastening on.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE evening of the farewell missionary meeting had come round.
hasteningverbUS /ˈheɪsənɪŋ/
-ing form of “hasten” — act or move at high speed
From this reading "Go labour on while it is day; The world's dark night is hastening on.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading HOME AT LAST.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading "Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb: Take up the torch and ware it wide, The torch that lights times thickest gloom."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb: Take up the torch and ware it wide, The torch that lights times thickest gloom."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Go labour on while it is day; The world's dark night is hastening on.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Go labour on while it is day; The world's dark night is hastening on.
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
From this reading "Go labour on while it is day; The world's dark night is hastening on.
immediately past
From this reading HOME AT LAST.
plural of “light” — (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
From this reading "Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb: Take up the torch and ware it wide, The torch that lights times thickest gloom."
a formally arranged gathering
From this reading THE evening of the farewell missionary meeting had come round.
the force of workers available
From this reading "Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb: Take up the torch and ware it wide, The torch that lights times thickest gloom."
missionarynounUS /ˈmɪʃəneri/
someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program
From this reading THE evening of the farewell missionary meeting had come round.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading "Go labour on while it is day; The world's dark night is hastening on.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Speed, speed thy work; cast sloth away: It is not thus that souls are won."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE evening of the farewell missionary meeting had come round.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Go labour on while it is day; The world's dark night is hastening on.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading THE evening of the farewell missionary meeting had come round.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading "Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb: Take up the torch and ware it wide, The torch that lights times thickest gloom."
slothnounUS /sloʊθ/
a disinclination to work or exert yourself
From this reading Speed, speed thy work; cast sloth away: It is not thus that souls are won."
plural of “soul” — the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading Speed, speed thy work; cast sloth away: It is not thus that souls are won."
move hurridly
From this reading Speed, speed thy work; cast sloth away: It is not thus that souls are won."
carry out
From this reading "Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb: Take up the torch and ware it wide, The torch that lights times thickest gloom."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Speed, speed thy work; cast sloth away: It is not thus that souls are won."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Go labour on while it is day; The world's dark night is hastening on.
thickestadjectiveUS /ˈθɪkɪst/
superlative of “thick” — not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading "Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb: Take up the torch and ware it wide, The torch that lights times thickest gloom."
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading Speed, speed thy work; cast sloth away: It is not thus that souls are won."
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Speed, speed thy work; cast sloth away: It is not thus that souls are won."
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading "Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb: Take up the torch and ware it wide, The torch that lights times thickest gloom."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb: Take up the torch and ware it wide, The torch that lights times thickest gloom."
tombnounUS /tuːm/
a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
From this reading "Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb: Take up the torch and ware it wide, The torch that lights times thickest gloom."
torchnounUS /tɔːrtʃ/
a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
From this reading "Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb: Take up the torch and ware it wide, The torch that lights times thickest gloom."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb: Take up the torch and ware it wide, The torch that lights times thickest gloom."
warenounUS /wer/
articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: “silverware”, “software”
From this reading "Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb: Take up the torch and ware it wide, The torch that lights times thickest gloom."
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading "Go labour on while it is day; The world's dark night is hastening on.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading "Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb: Take up the torch and ware it wide, The torch that lights times thickest gloom."
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading "Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb: Take up the torch and ware it wide, The torch that lights times thickest gloom."
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading Speed, speed thy work; cast sloth away: It is not thus that souls are won."
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading Speed, speed thy work; cast sloth away: It is not thus that souls are won."
world'snounUS /wɜːrldz/
possessive form of “world” — everything that exists anywhere
From this reading "Go labour on while it is day; The world's dark night is hastening on.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb: Take up the torch and ware it wide, The torch that lights times thickest gloom."
