used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Farther back, along more distant slopes, the chaparral spread like a dark cloth but here there was little verdure.
(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 The rainless California summer had scorched the country; mounded summit swelled beyond mounded summit all dried to a uniform ochre.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Farther back, along more distant slopes, the chaparral spread like a dark cloth but here there was little verdure.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But if you had stood on the rise where the stage stopped and faced toward the west, you would have seen, stretching to the horizon, a green expanse that told of water.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading This was the tules, a vast spread of marsh covered with bulrushes, flat as a floor, and extending from a distant arm of the bay back into the land.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading This was the tules, a vast spread of marsh covered with bulrushes, flat as a floor, and extending from a distant arm of the bay back into the land.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Farther back, along more distant slopes, the chaparral spread like a dark cloth but here there was little verdure.
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading This was the tules, a vast spread of marsh covered with bulrushes, flat as a floor, and extending from a distant arm of the bay back into the land.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading The rainless California summer had scorched the country; mounded summit swelled beyond mounded summit all dried to a uniform ochre.
bulrushes
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This was the tules, a vast spread of marsh covered with bulrushes, flat as a floor, and extending from a distant arm of the bay back into the land.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Farther back, along more distant slopes, the chaparral spread like a dark cloth but here there was little verdure.
CalifornianounUS /ˌkæləˈfɔːrnjə/
a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes
From this reading The rainless California summer had scorched the country; mounded summit swelled beyond mounded summit all dried to a uniform ochre.
chaparralnounUS /ˌʃæpərˈæl/
dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
From this reading Farther back, along more distant slopes, the chaparral spread like a dark cloth but here there was little verdure.
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading Farther back, along more distant slopes, the chaparral spread like a dark cloth but here there was little verdure.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading The rainless California summer had scorched the country; mounded summit swelled beyond mounded summit all dried to a uniform ochre.
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading This was the tules, a vast spread of marsh covered with bulrushes, flat as a floor, and extending from a distant arm of the bay back into the land.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Farther back, along more distant slopes, the chaparral spread like a dark cloth but here there was little verdure.
separated in space or coming from or going to a distance
From this reading Farther back, along more distant slopes, the chaparral spread like a dark cloth but here there was little verdure.
driedadjectiveUS /draɪd/
not still wet
From this reading The rainless California summer had scorched the country; mounded summit swelled beyond mounded summit all dried to a uniform ochre.
expansenounUS /ɪkˈspæns/
a wide scope
From this reading But if you had stood on the rise where the stage stopped and faced toward the west, you would have seen, stretching to the horizon, a green expanse that told of water.
extendingverbUS /ɪkˈstendɪŋ/
-ing form of “extend” — extend in scope or range or area
From this reading This was the tules, a vast spread of marsh covered with bulrushes, flat as a floor, and extending from a distant arm of the bay back into the land.
having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination
From this reading But if you had stood on the rise where the stage stopped and faced toward the west, you would have seen, stretching to the horizon, a green expanse that told of water.
more distant in especially space or time
From this reading Farther back, along more distant slopes, the chaparral spread like a dark cloth but here there was little verdure.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading THE TULES The place of the holdup was on the first upward roll of the hills.
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading This was the tules, a vast spread of marsh covered with bulrushes, flat as a floor, and extending from a distant arm of the bay back into the land.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading This was the tules, a vast spread of marsh covered with bulrushes, flat as a floor, and extending from a distant arm of the bay back into the land.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading This was the tules, a vast spread of marsh covered with bulrushes, flat as a floor, and extending from a distant arm of the bay back into the land.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading But if you had stood on the rise where the stage stopped and faced toward the west, you would have seen, stretching to the horizon, a green expanse that told of water.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The rainless California summer had scorched the country; mounded summit swelled beyond mounded summit all dried to a uniform ochre.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But if you had stood on the rise where the stage stopped and faced toward the west, you would have seen, stretching to the horizon, a green expanse that told of water.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Farther back, along more distant slopes, the chaparral spread like a dark cloth but here there was little verdure.
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading THE TULES The place of the holdup was on the first upward roll of the hills.
holdupnounUS /ˈhoʊldʌp/
robbery at gunpoint
From this reading THE TULES The place of the holdup was on the first upward roll of the hills.
the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
From this reading But if you had stood on the rise where the stage stopped and faced toward the west, you would have seen, stretching to the horizon, a green expanse that told of water.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading But if you had stood on the rise where the stage stopped and faced toward the west, you would have seen, stretching to the horizon, a green expanse that told of water.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading This was the tules, a vast spread of marsh covered with bulrushes, flat as a floor, and extending from a distant arm of the bay back into the land.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading This was the tules, a vast spread of marsh covered with bulrushes, flat as a floor, and extending from a distant arm of the bay back into the land.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Farther back, along more distant slopes, the chaparral spread like a dark cloth but here there was little verdure.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Farther back, along more distant slopes, the chaparral spread like a dark cloth but here there was little verdure.
marshnounUS /mɑːrʃ/
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
From this reading This was the tules, a vast spread of marsh covered with bulrushes, flat as a floor, and extending from a distant arm of the bay back into the land.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Farther back, along more distant slopes, the chaparral spread like a dark cloth but here there was little verdure.
mounded
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The rainless California summer had scorched the country; mounded summit swelled beyond mounded summit all dried to a uniform ochre.
ochrenounUS /ˈoʊkər/
any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment
From this reading The rainless California summer had scorched the country; mounded summit swelled beyond mounded summit all dried to a uniform ochre.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE TULES The place of the holdup was on the first upward roll of the hills.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE TULES The place of the holdup was on the first upward roll of the hills.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading THE TULES The place of the holdup was on the first upward roll of the hills.
rainlessadjective
lacking rain
From this reading The rainless California summer had scorched the country; mounded summit swelled beyond mounded summit all dried to a uniform ochre.
move upward
From this reading But if you had stood on the rise where the stage stopped and faced toward the west, you would have seen, stretching to the horizon, a green expanse that told of water.
move by turning over or rotating
From this reading THE TULES The place of the holdup was on the first upward roll of the hills.
scorchedadjectiveUS /skɔːrtʃt/
Burned by flames or heat; blackened by intense magical or physical fire.
From this reading The rainless California summer had scorched the country; mounded summit swelled beyond mounded summit all dried to a uniform ochre.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading But if you had stood on the rise where the stage stopped and faced toward the west, you would have seen, stretching to the horizon, a green expanse that told of water.
slopesnounUS /sloʊps/
plural of “slope” — an elevated geological formation
From this reading Farther back, along more distant slopes, the chaparral spread like a dark cloth but here there was little verdure.
distribute or disperse widely
From this reading Farther back, along more distant slopes, the chaparral spread like a dark cloth but here there was little verdure.
any distinct time period in a sequence of events
From this reading But if you had stood on the rise where the stage stopped and faced toward the west, you would have seen, stretching to the horizon, a green expanse that told of water.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading But if you had stood on the rise where the stage stopped and faced toward the west, you would have seen, stretching to the horizon, a green expanse that told of water.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading But if you had stood on the rise where the stage stopped and faced toward the west, you would have seen, stretching to the horizon, a green expanse that told of water.
stretchingnounUS /ˈstretʃɪŋ/
act of expanding by lengthening or widening
From this reading But if you had stood on the rise where the stage stopped and faced toward the west, you would have seen, stretching to the horizon, a green expanse that told of water.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading The rainless California summer had scorched the country; mounded summit swelled beyond mounded summit all dried to a uniform ochre.
summitnounUS /ˈsʌmət/
the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
From this reading The rainless California summer had scorched the country; mounded summit swelled beyond mounded summit all dried to a uniform ochre.
swelledadjectiveUS /sweld/
feeling self-importance
From this reading The rainless California summer had scorched the country; mounded summit swelled beyond mounded summit all dried to a uniform ochre.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But if you had stood on the rise where the stage stopped and faced toward the west, you would have seen, stretching to the horizon, a green expanse that told of water.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TULES The place of the holdup was on the first upward roll of the hills.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Farther back, along more distant slopes, the chaparral spread like a dark cloth but here there was little verdure.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was the tules, a vast spread of marsh covered with bulrushes, flat as a floor, and extending from a distant arm of the bay back into the land.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The rainless California summer had scorched the country; mounded summit swelled beyond mounded summit all dried to a uniform ochre.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading But if you had stood on the rise where the stage stopped and faced toward the west, you would have seen, stretching to the horizon, a green expanse that told of water.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading But if you had stood on the rise where the stage stopped and faced toward the west, you would have seen, stretching to the horizon, a green expanse that told of water.
TULES
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE TULES The place of the holdup was on the first upward roll of the hills.
uniformadjectiveUS /ˈjuːnəfɔːrm/
always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences
From this reading The rainless California summer had scorched the country; mounded summit swelled beyond mounded summit all dried to a uniform ochre.
upwardadjectiveUS /ˈʌpwərd/
directed up
From this reading THE TULES The place of the holdup was on the first upward roll of the hills.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading This was the tules, a vast spread of marsh covered with bulrushes, flat as a floor, and extending from a distant arm of the bay back into the land.
verdurenoun
green foliage
From this reading Farther back, along more distant slopes, the chaparral spread like a dark cloth but here there was little verdure.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE TULES The place of the holdup was on the first upward roll of the hills.
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 But if you had stood on the rise where the stage stopped and faced toward the west, you would have seen, stretching to the horizon, a green expanse that told of water.
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading But if you had stood on the rise where the stage stopped and faced toward the west, you would have seen, stretching to the horizon, a green expanse that told of water.
in or at the place that
From this reading But if you had stood on the rise where the stage stopped and faced toward the west, you would have seen, stretching to the horizon, a green expanse that told of water.
in the company of; together with
From this reading This was the tules, a vast spread of marsh covered with bulrushes, flat as a floor, and extending from a distant arm of the bay back into the land.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But if you had stood on the rise where the stage stopped and faced toward the west, you would have seen, stretching to the horizon, a green expanse that told of water.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But if you had stood on the rise where the stage stopped and faced toward the west, you would have seen, stretching to the horizon, a green expanse that told of water.
