Definition of along

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Along (prep.) By the length of, as distinguished from across..

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Along :: Along (adv.) In company; together.
Natterjack :: Natterjack (n.) A European toad (Bufo calamita), having a yellow line along its back..
Spin :: Spin (v. i.) To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc..
Lie :: Lie (adj.) To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port..
Archaeopteryx :: Archaeopteryx (n.) A fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable for having a long tapering tail of many vertebrae with feathers along each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics..
Intervale :: Intervale (n.) A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills. Cf. Bottom, n., 7..
Run :: Run (a.) To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread.
Train :: Train (v.) That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement..
Polypteroidei :: Polypteroidei (n. pl.) A suborder of existing ganoid fishes having numerous fins along the back. The bichir, or Polypterus, is the type. See Illust. under Crossopterygian..
Jackstay :: "Jackstay (n.) A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened..
Bushwhacking :: Bushwhacking (n.) Traveling, or working a way, through bushes; pulling by the bushes, as in hauling a boat along the bushy margin of a stream..
Couple :: Couple (a.) Two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around parallel axes..
Suture :: Suture (n.) The act of sewing; also, the line along which two things or parts are sewed together, or are united so as to form a seam, or that which resembles a seam..
Skid :: Skid (n.) One of a pair of timbers or bars, usually arranged so as to form an inclined plane, as form a wagon to a door, along which anything is moved by sliding or rolling..
Edge :: Edge (v. i.) To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way..
Wagonette :: Wagonette (n.) A kind of pleasure wagon, uncovered and with seats extended along the sides, designed to carry six or eight persons besides the driver..
Paw :: Paw (v. i.) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
Longitude :: Longitude (n.) Length; measure or distance along the longest line; -- distinguished from breadth or thickness; as, the longitude of a room; rare now, except in a humorous sense..
Cabotage :: Cabotage (n.) Navigation along the coast; the details of coast pilotage.
Boning :: Boning (n.) A method of leveling a line or surface by sighting along the tops of two or more straight edges, or a range of properly spaced poles. See 3d Bone, v. t..
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