used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
acquainting
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From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading It is ancient and luminous in an amphitheatre of hills, and schooners and barques come right among its gables.
amphitheatrenounUS /ˈæmfəθiˈeɪtər/
a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater)
From this reading It is ancient and luminous in an amphitheatre of hills, and schooners and barques come right among its gables.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It is ancient and luminous in an amphitheatre of hills, and schooners and barques come right among its gables.
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading It is ancient and luminous in an amphitheatre of hills, and schooners and barques come right among its gables.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It is ancient and luminous in an amphitheatre of hills, and schooners and barques come right among its gables.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading This country town is of the Southern kind which, with satisfaction, we show to strangers as something peculiarly of our country.
attainedadjectiveUS /əˈteɪnd/
achieved or reached
From this reading It knows, of course, that wealth is cheap, until it has matured and has attained that dignity which only leisure and the indifference of usage can confer.
barques
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From this reading It is ancient and luminous in an amphitheatre of hills, and schooners and barques come right among its gables.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It is wealthy, but it is not of the common sort, for it never shows haste.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading It knows, of course, that wealth is cheap, until it has matured and has attained that dignity which only leisure and the indifference of usage can confer.
cheapadjectiveUS /tʃiːp/
relatively low in price or charging low prices
From this reading It knows, of course, that wealth is cheap, until it has matured and has attained that dignity which only leisure and the indifference of usage can confer.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading It is ancient and luminous in an amphitheatre of hills, and schooners and barques come right among its gables.
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading It is wealthy, but it is not of the common sort, for it never shows haste.
conferverbUS /kənˈfɜːr/
have a conference in order to talk something over
From this reading It knows, of course, that wealth is cheap, until it has matured and has attained that dignity which only leisure and the indifference of usage can confer.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading This country town is of the Southern kind which, with satisfaction, we show to strangers as something peculiarly of our country.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading It knows, of course, that wealth is cheap, until it has matured and has attained that dignity which only leisure and the indifference of usage can confer.
devicesnounUS /dɪˈvaɪsəz/
an inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase “left to your own devices”
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect
From this reading It knows, of course, that wealth is cheap, until it has matured and has attained that dignity which only leisure and the indifference of usage can confer.
a social unit living together
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It is wealthy, but it is not of the common sort, for it never shows haste.
gablesnounUS /ˈɡeɪbəlz/
plural of “gable” — the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof
From this reading It is ancient and luminous in an amphitheatre of hills, and schooners and barques come right among its gables.
United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It knows, of course, that wealth is cheap, until it has matured and has attained that dignity which only leisure and the indifference of usage can confer.
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading It is wealthy, but it is not of the common sort, for it never shows haste.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
heraldicadjectiveUS /heˈrældɪk/
indicative of or announcing something to come
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
highwaysnounUS /ˈhaɪweɪz/
plural of “highway” — a major road for any form of motor transport
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading It is ancient and luminous in an amphitheatre of hills, and schooners and barques come right among its gables.
the aggregate of past events
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It is ancient and luminous in an amphitheatre of hills, and schooners and barques come right among its gables.
inconsequencenoun
having no important effects or influence
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
unbiased impartial unconcern
From this reading It knows, of course, that wealth is cheap, until it has matured and has attained that dignity which only leisure and the indifference of usage can confer.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This country town is of the Southern kind which, with satisfaction, we show to strangers as something peculiarly of our country.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is ancient and luminous in an amphitheatre of hills, and schooners and barques come right among its gables.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It is ancient and luminous in an amphitheatre of hills, and schooners and barques come right among its gables.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading This country town is of the Southern kind which, with satisfaction, we show to strangers as something peculiarly of our country.
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading It knows, of course, that wealth is cheap, until it has matured and has attained that dignity which only leisure and the indifference of usage can confer.
leisurenounUS /ˈleʒər/
time available for ease and relaxation
From this reading It knows, of course, that wealth is cheap, until it has matured and has attained that dignity which only leisure and the indifference of usage can confer.
lodgeverbUS /lɑːdʒ/
be a lodger; stay temporarily
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
luminousadjectiveUS /ˈluːmənəs/
softly bright or radiant
From this reading It is ancient and luminous in an amphitheatre of hills, and schooners and barques come right among its gables.
maturedadjectiveUS /məˈtjʊrd/
fully ripe; at the height of bloom
From this reading It knows, of course, that wealth is cheap, until it has matured and has attained that dignity which only leisure and the indifference of usage can confer.
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
mossyadjectiveUS /ˈmɔːsi/
overgrown with moss
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading It is wealthy, but it is not of the common sort, for it never shows haste.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It is wealthy, but it is not of the common sort, for it never shows haste.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This country town is of the Southern kind which, with satisfaction, we show to strangers as something peculiarly of our country.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
and nothing more
From this reading It knows, of course, that wealth is cheap, until it has matured and has attained that dignity which only leisure and the indifference of usage can confer.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading This country town is of the Southern kind which, with satisfaction, we show to strangers as something peculiarly of our country.
go across or through
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
peculiarlyadverbUS /pɪˈkjuːljərli/
uniquely or characteristically
From this reading This country town is of the Southern kind which, with satisfaction, we show to strangers as something peculiarly of our country.
precisely, exactly
From this reading It is ancient and luminous in an amphitheatre of hills, and schooners and barques come right among its gables.
the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation
From this reading This country town is of the Southern kind which, with satisfaction, we show to strangers as something peculiarly of our country.
schoonersnounUS /ˈskuːnərz/
plural of “schooner” — a large beer glass
From this reading It is ancient and luminous in an amphitheatre of hills, and schooners and barques come right among its gables.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading This country town is of the Southern kind which, with satisfaction, we show to strangers as something peculiarly of our country.
plural of “show” — the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
From this reading It is wealthy, but it is not of the common sort, for it never shows haste.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading This country town is of the Southern kind which, with satisfaction, we show to strangers as something peculiarly of our country.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading It is wealthy, but it is not of the common sort, for it never shows haste.
in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading This country town is of the Southern kind which, with satisfaction, we show to strangers as something peculiarly of our country.
plural of “stranger” — anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading This country town is of the Southern kind which, with satisfaction, we show to strangers as something peculiarly of our country.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It knows, of course, that wealth is cheap, until it has matured and has attained that dignity which only leisure and the indifference of usage can confer.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This country town is of the Southern kind which, with satisfaction, we show to strangers as something peculiarly of our country.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
thereaboutsadverbUS /ˌðerəˈbaʊts/
near that time or date
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This country town is of the Southern kind which, with satisfaction, we show to strangers as something peculiarly of our country.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This country town is of the Southern kind which, with satisfaction, we show to strangers as something peculiarly of our country.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading This country town is of the Southern kind which, with satisfaction, we show to strangers as something peculiarly of our country.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading It knows, of course, that wealth is cheap, until it has matured and has attained that dignity which only leisure and the indifference of usage can confer.
usagenounUS /ˈjuːsədʒ/
the act of using
From this reading It knows, of course, that wealth is cheap, until it has matured and has attained that dignity which only leisure and the indifference of usage can confer.
close enough to be walked to
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading This country town is of the Southern kind which, with satisfaction, we show to strangers as something peculiarly of our country.
the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money
From this reading It knows, of course, that wealth is cheap, until it has matured and has attained that dignity which only leisure and the indifference of usage can confer.
wealthyadjectiveUS /ˈwelθi/
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
From this reading It is wealthy, but it is not of the common sort, for it never shows haste.
weatheredadjectiveUS /ˈweðərd/
worn by exposure to the weather
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
well-sounding
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From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
at the time that
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading This country town is of the Southern kind which, with satisfaction, we show to strangers as something peculiarly of our country.
in the company of; together with
From this reading This country town is of the Southern kind which, with satisfaction, we show to strangers as something peculiarly of our country.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The country around has a long history of well-sounding family names as native as its hills--they arrived together, or thereabouts--and the lodge gates on its highways, with their weathered and mossy heraldic devices, have a way of acquainting you with the measure of your inconsequence as you pass them when walking.
