used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
Ah
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From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
(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 My own self-pity, like the redbreast bird, Flies back to cover all that past with leaves.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "I must begin at the very beginning, Fern," said Crystal, with a stifled sigh.
babenounUS /beɪb/
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading My own self-pity, like the redbreast bird, Flies back to cover all that past with leaves.
BARRETT
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From this reading ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading "I must begin at the very beginning, Fern," said Crystal, with a stifled sigh.
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading "I must begin at the very beginning, Fern," said Crystal, with a stifled sigh.
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading My own self-pity, like the redbreast bird, Flies back to cover all that past with leaves.
lacking funds
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
brother-babe
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From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
BROWNINGnounUS /ˈbraʊnɪŋ/
United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
From this reading ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.
inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
child-heart
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From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
provide with a covering or cause to be covered
From this reading My own self-pity, like the redbreast bird, Flies back to cover all that past with leaves.
CrystalnounUS /ˈkrɪstəl/
a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure
From this reading "I must begin at the very beginning, Fern," said Crystal, with a stifled sigh.
CRYSTAL'SnounUS /ˈkrɪstəlz/
possessive form of “crystal” — a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure
From this reading CRYSTAL'S STORY.
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
From this reading ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.
father'snounUS /ˈfɑːðərz/
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
FernnounUS /fɜːrn/
any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
From this reading "I must begin at the very beginning, Fern," said Crystal, with a stifled sigh.
the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
FliesnounUS /flaɪz/
(theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)
From this reading My own self-pity, like the redbreast bird, Flies back to cover all that past with leaves.
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
gainst
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From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
grassyadjectiveUS /ˈɡræsi/
abounding in grass
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
Hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
plural of “leaf” — the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
From this reading My own self-pity, like the redbreast bird, Flies back to cover all that past with leaves.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading My own self-pity, like the redbreast bird, Flies back to cover all that past with leaves.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "I must begin at the very beginning, Fern," said Crystal, with a stifled sigh.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
have ownership or possession of
From this reading My own self-pity, like the redbreast bird, Flies back to cover all that past with leaves.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
the time that has elapsed
From this reading My own self-pity, like the redbreast bird, Flies back to cover all that past with leaves.
a course of conduct
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
redbreastnoun
small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
From this reading My own self-pity, like the redbreast bird, Flies back to cover all that past with leaves.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I must begin at the very beginning, Fern," said Crystal, with a stifled sigh.
self-pitynoun
a feeling of sorrow (often self-indulgent) over your own sufferings
From this reading My own self-pity, like the redbreast bird, Flies back to cover all that past with leaves.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading "I must begin at the very beginning, Fern," said Crystal, with a stifled sigh.
stifledadjectiveUS /ˈstaɪfəld/
held in check with difficulty
From this reading "I must begin at the very beginning, Fern," said Crystal, with a stifled sigh.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading CRYSTAL'S STORY.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading My own self-pity, like the redbreast bird, Flies back to cover all that past with leaves.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
thornyadjectiveUS /ˈθɔːrni/
bristling with perplexities
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
trodverbUS /trɑːd/
inflected form of “tread” — put down or press the foot, place the foot
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
underwoodnounUS /ˈʌndərwʊd/
the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
precisely as stated
From this reading "I must begin at the very beginning, Fern," said Crystal, with a stifled sigh.
walletnounUS /ˈwɔːlət/
a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
in the company of; together with
From this reading My own self-pity, like the redbreast bird, Flies back to cover all that past with leaves.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading The path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off What time he dropped the wallet of the flesh And passed) alone I carried on, and set My child-heart 'gainst the thorny underwood, To reach the grassy shelter of the trees, Ah, babe i' the wood, without a brother-babe!
