Chapter XX · Chapter 20

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

(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 Come you, too, out of your filthy holes and hovels--come to church as in the days when you were young and had mothers, and you, grisly, drunken, blear-eyed thief, lisped in your little lessons--come, all of you, come!

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

an industrial center and the nominal capital of the Netherlands; center of the diamond-cutting industry; seat of an important stock exchange; known for its canals and art museum

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

lacking sufficient water or rainfall

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

plural of “bell” — a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck

From this reading The Sunday bells rang loud from river to river.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

tired to the point of exhaustion

From this reading Come you, too, out of your filthy holes and hovels--come to church as in the days when you were young and had mothers, and you, grisly, drunken, blear-eyed thief, lisped in your little lessons--come, all of you, come!

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

eat an early morning meal

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

the particular occupation for which you are trained

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

From this reading CHURCH GOING.

rid of obstructions

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading Come you, too, out of your filthy holes and hovels--come to church as in the days when you were young and had mothers, and you, grisly, drunken, blear-eyed thief, lisped in your little lessons--come, all of you, come!

absence of light or illumination

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading Come you, too, out of your filthy holes and hovels--come to church as in the days when you were young and had mothers, and you, grisly, drunken, blear-eyed thief, lisped in your little lessons--come, all of you, come!

in a demure manner

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

a ringing sound

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

separated in space or coming from or going to a distance

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

the basic unit of money in Vietnam

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol

From this reading Come you, too, out of your filthy holes and hovels--come to church as in the days when you were young and had mothers, and you, grisly, drunken, blear-eyed thief, lisped in your little lessons--come, all of you, come!

free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

take in solid food

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter

From this reading Come you, too, out of your filthy holes and hovels--come to church as in the days when you were young and had mothers, and you, grisly, drunken, blear-eyed thief, lisped in your little lessons--come, all of you, come!

the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The Sunday bells rang loud from river to river.

the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

the act of departing

From this reading CHURCH GOING.

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

From this reading Come you, too, out of your filthy holes and hovels--come to church as in the days when you were young and had mothers, and you, grisly, drunken, blear-eyed thief, lisped in your little lessons--come, all of you, come!

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Come you, too, out of your filthy holes and hovels--come to church as in the days when you were young and had mothers, and you, grisly, drunken, blear-eyed thief, lisped in your little lessons--come, all of you, come!

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

give help or assistance; be of service

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

plural of “hole” — an opening into or through something

From this reading Come you, too, out of your filthy holes and hovels--come to church as in the days when you were young and had mothers, and you, grisly, drunken, blear-eyed thief, lisped in your little lessons--come, all of you, come!

a specific instance of feeling hopeful

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

plural of “hovel” — small crude shelter used as a dwelling

From this reading Come you, too, out of your filthy holes and hovels--come to church as in the days when you were young and had mothers, and you, grisly, drunken, blear-eyed thief, lisped in your little lessons--come, all of you, come!

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

plural of “inlet” — an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

plural of “lesson” — a unit of instruction

From this reading Come you, too, out of your filthy holes and hovels--come to church as in the days when you were young and had mothers, and you, grisly, drunken, blear-eyed thief, lisped in your little lessons--come, all of you, come!

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Come you, too, out of your filthy holes and hovels--come to church as in the days when you were young and had mothers, and you, grisly, drunken, blear-eyed thief, lisped in your little lessons--come, all of you, come!

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Come you, too, out of your filthy holes and hovels--come to church as in the days when you were young and had mothers, and you, grisly, drunken, blear-eyed thief, lisped in your little lessons--come, all of you, come!

characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity

From this reading The Sunday bells rang loud from river to river.

less than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

(Arthurian legend) the magician who acted as King Arthur's advisor

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

plural of “mind” — that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

plural of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading Come you, too, out of your filthy holes and hovels--come to church as in the days when you were young and had mothers, and you, grisly, drunken, blear-eyed thief, lisped in your little lessons--come, all of you, come!

past form of “muse” — reflect deeply on a subject

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

make or become more narrow or restricted

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

near in time or place or relationship

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

inflected form of “ring” — sound loudly and sonorously

From this reading The Sunday bells rang loud from river to river.

a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading The Sunday bells rang loud from river to river.

(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

(of something seen or heard) clearly defined

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

plural of “sinner” — a person who sins (without repenting)

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

the state of being asleep

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

not in physical motion

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

agitating a liquid with an implement

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

plural of “street” — a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians

From this reading The Sunday bells rang loud from river to river.

an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

express in words

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The Sunday bells rang loud from river to river.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it

From this reading Come you, too, out of your filthy holes and hovels--come to church as in the days when you were young and had mothers, and you, grisly, drunken, blear-eyed thief, lisped in your little lessons--come, all of you, come!

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The Sunday bells rang loud from river to river.

plural of “tone” — the quality of a person's voice

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading Come you, too, out of your filthy holes and hovels--come to church as in the days when you were young and had mothers, and you, grisly, drunken, blear-eyed thief, lisped in your little lessons--come, all of you, come!

plural of “touch” — the event of something coming in contact with the body

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

arousing affect

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

Risen from sleep; conscious.

From this reading So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

clean with some chemical process

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

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 So mused Arthur Merlin, between sleeping and waking, as the bells rang out, loud and low--distant and near--flowing like a rushing, swelling tide of music along the dark inlets of narrow streets--touching arid hearts with hope, as the rising water touches dry spots with green.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

at the time that

From this reading Come you, too, out of your filthy holes and hovels--come to church as in the days when you were young and had mothers, and you, grisly, drunken, blear-eyed thief, lisped in your little lessons--come, all of you, come!

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

in the company of; together with

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading Come you, too, out of your filthy holes and hovels--come to church as in the days when you were young and had mothers, and you, grisly, drunken, blear-eyed thief, lisped in your little lessons--come, all of you, come!

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Loud and sharp they rang in the clear, still air of the summer morning, as if the voice of Everardus Bogardus, the old Dominie of New Amsterdam, were calling the people in many tones to be up and stirring, and eat breakfast, and wash the breakfast things, and be in your places early, with bowed heads and reverend minds, and demurely hear me tell you what sinners you always have been and always will be, so help me God--I, Everardus Bogardus, in the clear summer morning, ding, dong, bell, amen!