Adj.1.roan- (used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey; "a roan horse" coloured,colorful- having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain" ...
... brother chiefs of Howe's illustrious name Demand thy labors to complete their fame. What shrieks of agony thy praises sound! What grateless dungeons groan beneath the ground! See the black Prison Ship's expanding womb Impested thousands, quick and dead, entomb. Barks after barks the ca...
1. complain, carp, fuss, moan, bitch (slang), groan, grieve, lament, grumble, whine, growl, deplore, grouse, gripe (informal), bemoan, whinge (informal), bleat, find fault, bewail, kick up a fuss (informal), grouch (informal), bellyache (slang), kvetch (U.S. slang) She was beef...
the King's page, the ineffable Chiffinch, Lord Keeper of the Back Stairs and Grand-Eunuch of the Royal Seraglio, who was her ladyship's friend, made it and communicated it to her There had been one ardent respondent in the Duke of Richmond to that proclamation of Miss Stewart's that sh...
... machine, DuQuesne calmly stepped over the bodies of the detectives and the unconscious form of the dying Japanese, who was uttering an occasional groan. He started the engine and took his seat. There was an increasing roar as he opened the throttle, and soon he descended upon the field...
Sin includes a failure to do what is right. But sin also offends people; it is violence and lovelessness toward other people, and ultimately, rebellion against God. Further, the Bible teaches that sin involves a condition in which the heart is corrupted
As he did so a heavy groan seemed to arise from the very ground at his feet, and he dropped the implement with a smothered exclamation of terror. Raymond at the same moment looking hastily round the dim place, grasped his brother's arm, and pointed to a dark corner ...— In the ...
groan boom click clip-clop ding-dong Similes A simile is a figure of speech in which two things are directly compared. We use the word like or as to make the comparison. The four phrases above are all similes. The beauty of a simile is that it helps us imagine clearly what the writer...
Cognate with Middle High German karn (“to complain, lament, grieve, mourn”), Alemannic German karen, kären (“to groan, wheeze, give a death rattle”), Swedish kära (“to fall in love”), Icelandic kæra (“to care, like”), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍉𐌽 (...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871 Quentin felt the magic of his sword subside, a red haze fading into twinges of emptiness and unfulfilled need, a mix of emotions that tore at him like brambles. Antrax Brooks, Terry 2001 "I didn't know you had such a word as ...