Be+borne+along

  • 11ride — vb 1 Ride, drive as verbs (transitive and intransitive) and as nouns may both involve the idea of moving in or being carried along in a vehicle or conveyance or upon the back of something. The basic meaning of ride is a being borne along in or… …

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  • 12ride — [c]/raɪd / (say ruyd) verb (rode or, Archaic, rid, ridden or, Archaic, rid, riding) – …

  • 13walk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ramble, stroll, promenade, wander, saunter, travel(on foot), march, parade, tramp, hike, constitutional (inf.); path[way]; gait, carriage, tread, pace, step; calling, occupation; sphere, province,… …

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  • 14born — born, borne It is sometimes forgotten that born, relating to birth, is a past participle of the verb to bear, and that I was born on a Friday means ‘My mother bore me on a Friday’. Born is also used in figurative expressions such as an… …

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  • 15hollyhock — /hol ee hok , hawk /, n. any of several plants belonging to the genus Alcea (or Althaea), of the mallow family, native to Eurasia, esp. A. rosea, a tall plant having a long cluster of showy, variously colored flowers. [1225 75; ME holihoc, equiv …

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  • 16Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; …

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  • 17shepherd's purse — n. a small weed (Capsella bursa pastoris) of the crucifer family, with triangular, pouchlike pods * * * Widespread lawn and roadside weed (Capsella bursa pastoris) of the mustard family, native to the Mediterranean and now found worldwide.… …

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  • 18forsythia — /fawr sith ee euh, suy thee euh, feuhr /, n. a shrub belonging to the genus Forsythia, of the olive family, native to China and southeastern Europe, species of which are cultivated for their showy yellow flowers, which blossom on the bare… …

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  • 19bear — I UK [beə(r)] / US [ber] verb [transitive] Word forms bear : present tense I/you/we/they bear he/she/it bears present participle bearing past tense bore UK [bɔː(r)] / US [bɔr] past participle borne UK [bɔː(r)n] / US [bɔrn] *** 1) [usually in… …

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  • 20River engineering — The Los Angeles River is extensively channelized with concrete embankments. River engineering is the process of planned human intervention in the course, characteristics or flow of a river with the intention of producing some defined benefit.… …

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