prairie

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(noun.)

ADJ

high, rolling, wide | American

VERB + PRAIRIE

cross

The pioneers had to cross the vast prairie on foot to reach the western settlements.

PRAIRIE + NOUN

dog

PREP

across the ~

The settlers traveled for weeks across the prairie before reaching the mountains.

on the ~

Bison once roamed freely on the prairie for thousands of years.

Definitions

noun

1

An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.

It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.

name

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Alternative form of Prairies.

2

A number of places in the United States:

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A number of places in the United States:

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A number of places in the United States:

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A number of places in the United States:

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prairie dog

To pop up from a hole or similar in a manner that resembles the way a prairie dog pops his head up from his burrow.

People prairie-dog over the tops of their cubicles and call to their co-workers: “Hey, you going for a walk at lunch today?”

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It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind t

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Laura Ingalls grew up on the prairie.

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Nothing but grass was to be seen in the prairie.

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Selena Gomez grew up in Grand Prairie, Texas.

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Isn't that just a prairie fire?

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Fadil grow up in the prairie state of Illinois.

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prairie dog

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