All 5 Uses of
content
in
The Call of the Wild
- He had earned it, and he would not be content with less.
p. 79.3content = satisfied
- Also, they held it a mercy, since Dave was to die anyway, that he should die in the traces, heart-easy and content.
p. 91.1 *content = satisfied or happy
- Unlike Skeet, who was wont to shove her nose under Thornton's hand and nudge and nudge till petted, or Nig, who would stalk up and rest his great head on Thornton's knee, Buck was content to adore at a distance.
p. 128.8content = satisfied
- The life of only one member was demanded, which was a remoter interest than their lives, and in the end they were content to pay the toll.
p. 171.2
Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:
- " 'Answers to the name of Buck,' " the man soliloquized, quoting from the saloon-keeper's letter which had announced the consignment of the crate and contents.
p. 17.2 *contents = contained items
Definitions:
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(1)
(content as in: content with how things are) satisfied
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(2)
(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus:
The word forms content and contents are also commonly used to refer to what is inside something else.