aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Then she dried her face with her long hair, and was about to go away, when her eye suddenly fell upon the spot where the young man was sitting, and she turned towards the tree.
anew
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
any thing at all
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Then she dried her face with her long hair, and was about to go away, when her eye suddenly fell upon the spot where the young man was sitting, and she turned towards the tree.
bathedverbUS /beɪðd/
past form of “bathe” — cleanse the entire body
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ‘Full-faced moon with light unshaded, Let my beauty ne’er be faded.
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading ‘Full-faced moon with light unshaded, Let my beauty ne’er be faded.
bloomnounUS /bluːm/
the organic process of bearing flowers
From this reading While the moon is waning nightly, May the maiden bloom more brightly, May her freshness never fail!’
brightlyadverbUS /ˈbraɪtli/
with brightness
From this reading While the moon is waning nightly, May the maiden bloom more brightly, May her freshness never fail!’
either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading Never let my cheek grow pale!
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
driedadjectiveUS /draɪd/
not still wet
From this reading Then she dried her face with her long hair, and was about to go away, when her eye suddenly fell upon the spot where the young man was sitting, and she turned towards the tree.
the organ of sight
From this reading Then she dried her face with her long hair, and was about to go away, when her eye suddenly fell upon the spot where the young man was sitting, and she turned towards the tree.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
fadedadjectiveUS /ˈfeɪdəd/
having lost freshness or brilliance of color
From this reading ‘Full-faced moon with light unshaded, Let my beauty ne’er be faded.
fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading While the moon is waning nightly, May the maiden bloom more brightly, May her freshness never fail!’
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading Then she dried her face with her long hair, and was about to go away, when her eye suddenly fell upon the spot where the young man was sitting, and she turned towards the tree.
freshnessnounUS /ˈfreʃnəs/
the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated
From this reading While the moon is waning nightly, May the maiden bloom more brightly, May her freshness never fail!’
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
Full-faced
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From this reading ‘Full-faced moon with light unshaded, Let my beauty ne’er be faded.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Then she dried her face with her long hair, and was about to go away, when her eye suddenly fell upon the spot where the young man was sitting, and she turned towards the tree.
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading Never let my cheek grow pale!
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading Then she dried her face with her long hair, and was about to go away, when her eye suddenly fell upon the spot where the young man was sitting, and she turned towards the tree.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading While the moon is waning nightly, May the maiden bloom more brightly, May her freshness never fail!’
kneltverbUS /nelt/
inflected form of “kneel” — rest one's weight on one's knees
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
Letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading ‘Full-faced moon with light unshaded, Let my beauty ne’er be faded.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading ‘Full-faced moon with light unshaded, Let my beauty ne’er be faded.
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 Then she dried her face with her long hair, and was about to go away, when her eye suddenly fell upon the spot where the young man was sitting, and she turned towards the tree.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
From this reading While the moon is waning nightly, May the maiden bloom more brightly, May her freshness never fail!’
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Then she dried her face with her long hair, and was about to go away, when her eye suddenly fell upon the spot where the young man was sitting, and she turned towards the tree.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading While the moon is waning nightly, May the maiden bloom more brightly, May her freshness never fail!’
the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading While the moon is waning nightly, May the maiden bloom more brightly, May her freshness never fail!’
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘Full-faced moon with light unshaded, Let my beauty ne’er be faded.
ne'eradverbUS /ner/
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading ‘Full-faced moon with light unshaded, Let my beauty ne’er be faded.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Never let my cheek grow pale!
nightlyadjectiveUS /ˈnaɪtli/
happening every night
From this reading While the moon is waning nightly, May the maiden bloom more brightly, May her freshness never fail!’
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
an announcement containing information about an event
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading Never let my cheek grow pale!
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
seemingadjectiveUS /ˈsiːmɪŋ/
appearing as such but not necessarily so
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
From this reading Then she dried her face with her long hair, and was about to go away, when her eye suddenly fell upon the spot where the young man was sitting, and she turned towards the tree.
a short musical composition with words
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Then she dried her face with her long hair, and was about to go away, when her eye suddenly fell upon the spot where the young man was sitting, and she turned towards the tree.
the season of growth
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
happening unexpectedly
From this reading Then she dried her face with her long hair, and was about to go away, when her eye suddenly fell upon the spot where the young man was sitting, and she turned towards the tree.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
in the direction of
From this reading Then she dried her face with her long hair, and was about to go away, when her eye suddenly fell upon the spot where the young man was sitting, and she turned towards the 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 Then she dried her face with her long hair, and was about to go away, when her eye suddenly fell upon the spot where the young man was sitting, and she turned towards the tree.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Then she dried her face with her long hair, and was about to go away, when her eye suddenly fell upon the spot where the young man was sitting, and she turned towards the tree.
unshadedadjective
(of pictures) not having shadow represented
From this reading ‘Full-faced moon with light unshaded, Let my beauty ne’er be faded.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Then she dried her face with her long hair, and was about to go away, when her eye suddenly fell upon the spot where the young man was sitting, and she turned towards the tree.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
waningnounUS /ˈweɪnɪŋ/
a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent
From this reading While the moon is waning nightly, May the maiden bloom more brightly, May her freshness never fail!’
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Then she dried her face with her long hair, and was about to go away, when her eye suddenly fell upon the spot where the young man was sitting, and she turned towards the tree.
(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 Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
at the time that
From this reading Then she dried her face with her long hair, and was about to go away, when her eye suddenly fell upon the spot where the young man was sitting, and she turned towards the tree.
in or at the place that
From this reading Then she dried her face with her long hair, and was about to go away, when her eye suddenly fell upon the spot where the young man was sitting, and she turned towards the tree.
WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading While the moon is waning nightly, May the maiden bloom more brightly, May her freshness never fail!’
in the company of; together with
From this reading ‘Full-faced moon with light unshaded, Let my beauty ne’er be faded.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Without seeming to notice anything, she went to the spring, looked up to the full moon, then knelt down and bathed her face nine times, then looked up to the moon again and walked nine times round the well, and as she walked she sang this song:
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Then she dried her face with her long hair, and was about to go away, when her eye suddenly fell upon the spot where the young man was sitting, and she turned towards the tree.
