used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Oh, my heart grows weak as a woman's, And the fountain of feeling will flow When I think of the paths, steep and stony, That the feet of the dear ones must go.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Oh, my heart grows weak as a woman's, And the fountain of feeling will flow When I think of the paths, steep and stony, That the feet of the dear ones must go.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Oh, my heart grows weak as a woman's, And the fountain of feeling will flow When I think of the paths, steep and stony, That the feet of the dear ones must go.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading Roughly the spell of the picture was broken by the loud voice of Joe Harris.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Roughly the spell of the picture was broken by the loud voice of Joe Harris.
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading CHARLES DICKENS.
a young person of either sex
From this reading "Oh, those truants from earth and from heaven, They have made me more manly and mild; And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child!"
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "Oh, those truants from earth and from heaven, They have made me more manly and mild; And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child!"
dearly loved
From this reading "Oh, my heart grows weak as a woman's, And the fountain of feeling will flow When I think of the paths, steep and stony, That the feet of the dear ones must go.
DICKENSnounUS /ˈdɪkənz/
a word used in exclamations of confusion
From this reading CHARLES DICKENS.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading "Oh, those truants from earth and from heaven, They have made me more manly and mild; And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child!"
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading "Oh, my heart grows weak as a woman's, And the fountain of feeling will flow When I think of the paths, steep and stony, That the feet of the dear ones must go.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading "Oh, my heart grows weak as a woman's, And the fountain of feeling will flow When I think of the paths, steep and stony, That the feet of the dear ones must go.
flownounUS /floʊ/
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
From this reading "Oh, my heart grows weak as a woman's, And the fountain of feeling will flow When I think of the paths, steep and stony, That the feet of the dear ones must go.
fountainnounUS /ˈfaʊntən/
a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises
From this reading "Oh, my heart grows weak as a woman's, And the fountain of feeling will flow When I think of the paths, steep and stony, That the feet of the dear ones must go.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Oh, those truants from earth and from heaven, They have made me more manly and mild; And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child!"
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Oh, my heart grows weak as a woman's, And the fountain of feeling will flow When I think of the paths, steep and stony, That the feet of the dear ones must go.
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 "Oh, those truants from earth and from heaven, They have made me more manly and mild; And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child!"
growsverbUS /ɡroʊz/
third-person singular of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading "Oh, my heart grows weak as a woman's, And the fountain of feeling will flow When I think of the paths, steep and stony, That the feet of the dear ones must go.
HarrisnounUS /ˈherɪs/
United States author who wrote the stories about Uncle Remus (1848-1908)
From this reading Roughly the spell of the picture was broken by the loud voice of Joe Harris.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Oh, those truants from earth and from heaven, They have made me more manly and mild; And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child!"
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading "Oh, my heart grows weak as a woman's, And the fountain of feeling will flow When I think of the paths, steep and stony, That the feet of the dear ones must go.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading "Oh, those truants from earth and from heaven, They have made me more manly and mild; And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child!"
how
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From this reading "Oh, those truants from earth and from heaven, They have made me more manly and mild; And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh, my heart grows weak as a woman's, And the fountain of feeling will flow When I think of the paths, steep and stony, That the feet of the dear ones must go.
JesusnounUS /ˈdʒiːzəs/
a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
From this reading "Oh, those truants from earth and from heaven, They have made me more manly and mild; And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child!"
Joe
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From this reading Roughly the spell of the picture was broken by the loud voice of Joe Harris.
a domain in which something is dominant
From this reading "Oh, those truants from earth and from heaven, They have made me more manly and mild; And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child!"
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "Oh, those truants from earth and from heaven, They have made me more manly and mild; And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child!"
likenverbUS /ˈlaɪkən/
consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
From this reading "Oh, those truants from earth and from heaven, They have made me more manly and mild; And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child!"
characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
From this reading Roughly the spell of the picture was broken by the loud voice of Joe Harris.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "Oh, those truants from earth and from heaven, They have made me more manly and mild; And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child!"
manlyadjectiveUS /ˈmænli/
possessing qualities befitting a man
From this reading "Oh, those truants from earth and from heaven, They have made me more manly and mild; And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child!"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Oh, those truants from earth and from heaven, They have made me more manly and mild; And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child!"
mildadjectiveUS /maɪld/
moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
From this reading "Oh, those truants from earth and from heaven, They have made me more manly and mild; And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child!"
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "Oh, those truants from earth and from heaven, They have made me more manly and mild; And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child!"
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading THE NEXT MORNING.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "Oh, my heart grows weak as a woman's, And the fountain of feeling will flow When I think of the paths, steep and stony, That the feet of the dear ones must go.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Oh, my heart grows weak as a woman's, And the fountain of feeling will flow When I think of the paths, steep and stony, That the feet of the dear ones must go.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading THE NEXT MORNING.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Oh, those truants from earth and from heaven, They have made me more manly and mild; And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Oh, my heart grows weak as a woman's, And the fountain of feeling will flow When I think of the paths, steep and stony, That the feet of the dear ones must go.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, my heart grows weak as a woman's, And the fountain of feeling will flow When I think of the paths, steep and stony, That the feet of the dear ones must go.
plural of “one” — the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
From this reading "Oh, my heart grows weak as a woman's, And the fountain of feeling will flow When I think of the paths, steep and stony, That the feet of the dear ones must go.
pathsnounUS /pæðz/
plural of “path” — a course of conduct
From this reading "Oh, my heart grows weak as a woman's, And the fountain of feeling will flow When I think of the paths, steep and stony, That the feet of the dear ones must go.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading Roughly the spell of the picture was broken by the loud voice of Joe Harris.
RoughlyadverbUS /ˈrʌfli/
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
From this reading Roughly the spell of the picture was broken by the loud voice of Joe Harris.
orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of
From this reading Roughly the spell of the picture was broken by the loud voice of Joe Harris.
steepadjectiveUS /stiːp/
having a sharp inclination
From this reading "Oh, my heart grows weak as a woman's, And the fountain of feeling will flow When I think of the paths, steep and stony, That the feet of the dear ones must go.
stonyadjectiveUS /ˈstoʊni/
abounding in rocks or stones
From this reading "Oh, my heart grows weak as a woman's, And the fountain of feeling will flow When I think of the paths, steep and stony, That the feet of the dear ones must go.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Oh, my heart grows weak as a woman's, And the fountain of feeling will flow When I think of the paths, steep and stony, That the feet of the dear ones must go.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE NEXT MORNING.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Oh, those truants from earth and from heaven, They have made me more manly and mild; And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child!"
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "Oh, my heart grows weak as a woman's, And the fountain of feeling will flow When I think of the paths, steep and stony, That the feet of the dear ones must go.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "Oh, those truants from earth and from heaven, They have made me more manly and mild; And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Oh, those truants from earth and from heaven, They have made me more manly and mild; And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child!"
truants
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From this reading "Oh, those truants from earth and from heaven, They have made me more manly and mild; And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child!"
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Roughly the spell of the picture was broken by the loud voice of Joe Harris.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Roughly the spell of the picture was broken by the loud voice of Joe Harris.
wanting in physical strength
From this reading "Oh, my heart grows weak as a woman's, And the fountain of feeling will flow When I think of the paths, steep and stony, That the feet of the dear ones must go.
at the time that
From this reading "Oh, my heart grows weak as a woman's, And the fountain of feeling will flow When I think of the paths, steep and stony, That the feet of the dear ones must go.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Oh, my heart grows weak as a woman's, And the fountain of feeling will flow When I think of the paths, steep and stony, That the feet of the dear ones must go.
woman'snounUS /ˈwʊmənz/
possessive form of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading "Oh, my heart grows weak as a woman's, And the fountain of feeling will flow When I think of the paths, steep and stony, That the feet of the dear ones must go.
