used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Then he set the cask of salt junk on end, and with a heavy piece of rock hammered away until he forced the head in.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
casknounUS /kæsk/
the quantity a cask will hold
From this reading Then he set the cask of salt junk on end, and with a heavy piece of rock hammered away until he forced the head in.
plural of “companion” — a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
crumbledverbUS /ˈkrʌmbəld/
past form of “crumble” — fall apart
From this reading This he crumbled up.
driedadjectiveUS /draɪd/
not still wet
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading Then he set the cask of salt junk on end, and with a heavy piece of rock hammered away until he forced the head in.
produced by or subjected to forcing
From this reading Then he set the cask of salt junk on end, and with a heavy piece of rock hammered away until he forced the head in.
good-sized
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From this reading Then he took out a good-sized piece of meat and put it into the well.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
hammeredadjectiveUS /ˈhæmərd/
shaped or worked with a hammer and often showing hammer marks
From this reading Then he set the cask of salt junk on end, and with a heavy piece of rock hammered away until he forced the head in.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Then he set the cask of salt junk on end, and with a heavy piece of rock hammered away until he forced the head in.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading Then he set the cask of salt junk on end, and with a heavy piece of rock hammered away until he forced the head in.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading HOME.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then he set the cask of salt junk on end, and with a heavy piece of rock hammered away until he forced the head in.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Then he took out a good-sized piece of meat and put it into the well.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
junknounUS /dʒʌŋk/
the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
From this reading Then he set the cask of salt junk on end, and with a heavy piece of rock hammered away until he forced the head in.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
From this reading Then he took out a good-sized piece of meat and put it into the well.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Then he set the cask of salt junk on end, and with a heavy piece of rock hammered away until he forced the head in.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Then he took out a good-sized piece of meat and put it into the well.
a separate part of a whole
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
plankverbUS /plæŋk/
cover with planks
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Then he took out a good-sized piece of meat and put it into the well.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Then he set the cask of salt junk on end, and with a heavy piece of rock hammered away until he forced the head in.
rottenadjectiveUS /ˈrɑːtən/
very bad
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
From this reading Then he set the cask of salt junk on end, and with a heavy piece of rock hammered away until he forced the head in.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Then he set the cask of salt junk on end, and with a heavy piece of rock hammered away until he forced the head in.
in the near future
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
StephennounUS /ˈstiːvən/
English writer (1832-1904)
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then he set the cask of salt junk on end, and with a heavy piece of rock hammered away until he forced the head in.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he set the cask of salt junk on end, and with a heavy piece of rock hammered away until he forced the head in.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This he crumbled up.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading Then he took out a good-sized piece of meat and put it into the well.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Then he set the cask of salt junk on end, and with a heavy piece of rock hammered away until he forced the head in.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Then he took out a good-sized piece of meat and put it into the well.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then he set the cask of salt junk on end, and with a heavy piece of rock hammered away until he forced the head in.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading As soon as his companions had left him, Stephen went off and brought up as much dried wood as he could carry, among it a piece of plank that was almost rotten.
