used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Sunset of that momentous and tragic day found Adam and Dismukes camped beyond the mouth of a wide pass that bisected the Funeral range.
abundantlyadverbUS /əˈbʌndəntli/
in an abundant manner
From this reading Greasewood grew abundantly on the wide flat, and there were bunches of dry gray sage.
AdamnounUS /ˈædəm/
(Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race
From this reading Sunset of that momentous and tragic day found Adam and Dismukes camped beyond the mouth of a wide pass that bisected the Funeral range.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Dismukes might never have been harnessed to the beam of an _arrastra_ and driven like a mule, and his awful treadmill toil in the terrible heat under the lacerating lash was as if it had never been.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sunset of that momentous and tragic day found Adam and Dismukes camped beyond the mouth of a wide pass that bisected the Funeral range.
arrastra
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From this reading Dismukes might never have been harnessed to the beam of an _arrastra_ and driven like a mule, and his awful treadmill toil in the terrible heat under the lacerating lash was as if it had never been.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Dismukes might never have been harnessed to the beam of an _arrastra_ and driven like a mule, and his awful treadmill toil in the terrible heat under the lacerating lash was as if it had never been.
awfuladjectiveUS /ˈɑːfəl/
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading Dismukes might never have been harnessed to the beam of an _arrastra_ and driven like a mule, and his awful treadmill toil in the terrible heat under the lacerating lash was as if it had never been.
beamnounUS /biːm/
a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather
From this reading Dismukes might never have been harnessed to the beam of an _arrastra_ and driven like a mule, and his awful treadmill toil in the terrible heat under the lacerating lash was as if it had never been.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was a dry camp, but water from a pure spring some miles down had been packed out.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Sunset of that momentous and tragic day found Adam and Dismukes camped beyond the mouth of a wide pass that bisected the Funeral range.
bisected
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From this reading Sunset of that momentous and tragic day found Adam and Dismukes camped beyond the mouth of a wide pass that bisected the Funeral range.
bunchesnounUS /ˈbʌntʃəz/
plural of “bunch” — a grouping of a number of similar things
From this reading Greasewood grew abundantly on the wide flat, and there were bunches of dry gray sage.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was a dry camp, but water from a pure spring some miles down had been packed out.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading It was a dry camp, but water from a pure spring some miles down had been packed out.
campedverbUS /kæmpt/
past form of “camp” — live in or as if in a tent
From this reading Sunset of that momentous and tragic day found Adam and Dismukes camped beyond the mouth of a wide pass that bisected the Funeral range.
comradenounUS /ˈkɑːmræd/
a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading Adam felt well-nigh exhausted, and he would have been gloomy and silent but for his comrade.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Sunset of that momentous and tragic day found Adam and Dismukes camped beyond the mouth of a wide pass that bisected the Funeral range.
Dismukes
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From this reading Sunset of that momentous and tragic day found Adam and Dismukes camped beyond the mouth of a wide pass that bisected the Funeral range.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading It was a dry camp, but water from a pure spring some miles down had been packed out.
compelled forcibly by an outside agency
From this reading Dismukes might never have been harnessed to the beam of an _arrastra_ and driven like a mule, and his awful treadmill toil in the terrible heat under the lacerating lash was as if it had never been.
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
From this reading It was a dry camp, but water from a pure spring some miles down had been packed out.
drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
From this reading Adam felt well-nigh exhausted, and he would have been gloomy and silent but for his comrade.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Adam felt well-nigh exhausted, and he would have been gloomy and silent but for his comrade.
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading Greasewood grew abundantly on the wide flat, and there were bunches of dry gray sage.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Adam felt well-nigh exhausted, and he would have been gloomy and silent but for his comrade.
set up or found
From this reading Sunset of that momentous and tragic day found Adam and Dismukes camped beyond the mouth of a wide pass that bisected the Funeral range.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was a dry camp, but water from a pure spring some miles down had been packed out.
FuneralnounUS /ˈfjuːnərəl/
a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
From this reading Sunset of that momentous and tragic day found Adam and Dismukes camped beyond the mouth of a wide pass that bisected the Funeral range.
depressingly dark
From this reading Adam felt well-nigh exhausted, and he would have been gloomy and silent but for his comrade.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading Greasewood grew abundantly on the wide flat, and there were bunches of dry gray sage.
GreasewoodnounUS /ˈɡriːswʊd/
low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America
From this reading Greasewood grew abundantly on the wide flat, and there were bunches of dry gray sage.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading Greasewood grew abundantly on the wide flat, and there were bunches of dry gray sage.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was a dry camp, but water from a pure spring some miles down had been packed out.
harnessedadjectiveUS /ˈhɑːrnəst/
brought under control and put to use
From this reading Dismukes might never have been harnessed to the beam of an _arrastra_ and driven like a mule, and his awful treadmill toil in the terrible heat under the lacerating lash was as if it had never been.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Adam felt well-nigh exhausted, and he would have been gloomy and silent but for his comrade.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Adam felt well-nigh exhausted, and he would have been gloomy and silent but for his comrade.
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
From this reading Dismukes might never have been harnessed to the beam of an _arrastra_ and driven like a mule, and his awful treadmill toil in the terrible heat under the lacerating lash was as if it had never been.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Adam felt well-nigh exhausted, and he would have been gloomy and silent but for his comrade.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Dismukes might never have been harnessed to the beam of an _arrastra_ and driven like a mule, and his awful treadmill toil in the terrible heat under the lacerating lash was as if it had never been.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Dismukes might never have been harnessed to the beam of an _arrastra_ and driven like a mule, and his awful treadmill toil in the terrible heat under the lacerating lash was as if it had never been.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a dry camp, but water from a pure spring some miles down had been packed out.
lacerating
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From this reading Dismukes might never have been harnessed to the beam of an _arrastra_ and driven like a mule, and his awful treadmill toil in the terrible heat under the lacerating lash was as if it had never been.
lashverbUS /læʃ/
beat severely with a whip or rod
From this reading Dismukes might never have been harnessed to the beam of an _arrastra_ and driven like a mule, and his awful treadmill toil in the terrible heat under the lacerating lash was as if it had never been.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Dismukes might never have been harnessed to the beam of an _arrastra_ and driven like a mule, and his awful treadmill toil in the terrible heat under the lacerating lash was as if it had never been.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Dismukes might never have been harnessed to the beam of an _arrastra_ and driven like a mule, and his awful treadmill toil in the terrible heat under the lacerating lash was as if it had never been.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading It was a dry camp, but water from a pure spring some miles down had been packed out.
momentousadjectiveUS /moʊˈmentəs/
of very great significance
From this reading Sunset of that momentous and tragic day found Adam and Dismukes camped beyond the mouth of a wide pass that bisected the Funeral range.
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading Sunset of that momentous and tragic day found Adam and Dismukes camped beyond the mouth of a wide pass that bisected the Funeral range.
mulenounUS /mjuːl/
hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
From this reading Dismukes might never have been harnessed to the beam of an _arrastra_ and driven like a mule, and his awful treadmill toil in the terrible heat under the lacerating lash was as if it had never been.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Dismukes might never have been harnessed to the beam of an _arrastra_ and driven like a mule, and his awful treadmill toil in the terrible heat under the lacerating lash was as if it had never been.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Sunset of that momentous and tragic day found Adam and Dismukes camped beyond the mouth of a wide pass that bisected the Funeral range.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Greasewood grew abundantly on the wide flat, and there were bunches of dry gray sage.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading It was a dry camp, but water from a pure spring some miles down had been packed out.
packedadjectiveUS /pækt/
extremely crowed or filled to capacity
From this reading It was a dry camp, but water from a pure spring some miles down had been packed out.
go across or through
From this reading Sunset of that momentous and tragic day found Adam and Dismukes camped beyond the mouth of a wide pass that bisected the Funeral range.
free of extraneous elements of any kind
From this reading It was a dry camp, but water from a pure spring some miles down had been packed out.
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
From this reading Sunset of that momentous and tragic day found Adam and Dismukes camped beyond the mouth of a wide pass that bisected the Funeral range.
sagenounUS /seɪdʒ/
a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
From this reading Greasewood grew abundantly on the wide flat, and there were bunches of dry gray sage.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading Adam felt well-nigh exhausted, and he would have been gloomy and silent but for his comrade.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading It was a dry camp, but water from a pure spring some miles down had been packed out.
the season of growth
From this reading It was a dry camp, but water from a pure spring some miles down had been packed out.
the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
From this reading Sunset of that momentous and tragic day found Adam and Dismukes camped beyond the mouth of a wide pass that bisected the Funeral range.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading Dismukes might never have been harnessed to the beam of an _arrastra_ and driven like a mule, and his awful treadmill toil in the terrible heat under the lacerating lash was as if it had never been.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Sunset of that momentous and tragic day found Adam and Dismukes camped beyond the mouth of a wide pass that bisected the Funeral range.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sunset of that momentous and tragic day found Adam and Dismukes camped beyond the mouth of a wide pass that bisected the Funeral range.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Greasewood grew abundantly on the wide flat, and there were bunches of dry gray sage.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Dismukes might never have been harnessed to the beam of an _arrastra_ and driven like a mule, and his awful treadmill toil in the terrible heat under the lacerating lash was as if it had never been.
toilverbUS /tɔɪl/
work hard
From this reading Dismukes might never have been harnessed to the beam of an _arrastra_ and driven like a mule, and his awful treadmill toil in the terrible heat under the lacerating lash was as if it had never been.
tragicadjectiveUS /ˈtrædʒɪk/
very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction
From this reading Sunset of that momentous and tragic day found Adam and Dismukes camped beyond the mouth of a wide pass that bisected the Funeral range.
treadmillnounUS /ˈtredmɪl/
an exercise device consisting of an endless belt on which a person can walk or jog without changing place
From this reading Dismukes might never have been harnessed to the beam of an _arrastra_ and driven like a mule, and his awful treadmill toil in the terrible heat under the lacerating lash was as if it had never been.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Dismukes might never have been harnessed to the beam of an _arrastra_ and driven like a mule, and his awful treadmill toil in the terrible heat under the lacerating lash was as if it had never been.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a dry camp, but water from a pure spring some miles down had been packed out.
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 It was a dry camp, but water from a pure spring some miles down had been packed out.
well-nighadverb
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Adam felt well-nigh exhausted, and he would have been gloomy and silent but for his comrade.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Greasewood grew abundantly on the wide flat, and there were bunches of dry gray sage.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading Sunset of that momentous and tragic day found Adam and Dismukes camped beyond the mouth of a wide pass that bisected the Funeral range.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Adam felt well-nigh exhausted, and he would have been gloomy and silent but for his comrade.
