near
/nɪɹ/ verb C2- To come closer to; to approach. · The ship nears the land.
He/she/it nears · Past neared · Past participle neared · -ing form nearing
Verb forms
- Base form
- near
- He/she/it
- nears
- Past
- neared
- Past participle
- neared
- -ing form
- nearing
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A large rose-tree stood near the entrance of the garden: the roses growing on it were white, but there were three gardeners at it, busily painting them red.
Alice laughed so much at this, that she had to run back into the wood for fear of their hearing her; and when she next peeped out the Fish-Footman was gone, and the other was sitting on the ground near the door, staring stupidly up into the sky.
and as my home I neared,
Seas and cities, near and far,
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