Far from the Madding Crowd Word Search
A free Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy (1874) word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on characters, settings, and objects from the book, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Written by Thomas Hardy · First published 1874 · Novel.
Words to find: GABRIEL, BARNET, BOLDWOOD, EVERDENE, REISS, FANNY, ROBIN, WEATHERBURY, TALBOTHEYS, HARVEST, WHEAT, FLOCK.
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Far from the Madding Crowd word list, defined
- FANNY /ˈfæni/ · noun
- In American usage, the buttocks; in British usage, the female external genitalia. In both regions it is an informal, colloquial term. Related: bottom, behind, backside, rear.
- ROBIN /ˈrɒbɪn/ · noun
- A small songbird, especially the European robin (Erithacus rubecula) with its orange-red face and breast, or the larger North American robin (Turdus migratorius), a thrush with a brick-red breast. Related: redbreast.
- HARVEST /ˈhɑːvɪst/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, harvest means the crops that are gathered or the act and season of gathering them. As a verb, it means to gather ripe crops, or more figuratively, to collect or accumulate something valuable. Related: crop, reap, gather, collect.
- WHEAT /wiːt/ · noun
- Wheat is the edible grain and seed of the wheat plant, a cereal grass widely cultivated as a food crop. The word can also refer to the plant itself or to wheat as a standing crop. Related: grain, cereal.
- FLOCK /flɒk/ (UK), /flɑːk/ (US) · noun, verb
- As a noun, a flock is a group of birds, sheep, or other animals gathered together, or by extension a large crowd of people. As a verb, to flock is to gather or move together in a group. Related: herd, pack, swarm, crowd.
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