Read the following lines from the text:

houses, with long white sweep,
girdled the glistening bay

what does the word girdled mean in this context?

circled

collected

crushed

swarmed

Does any one read this story "when mr. came to dine". in 9th grade. plz i need with one question about this story?

Some one drawing water and my theater placed my hand under the spout. as the cool stream gushed over one hand she spelled into the other the word water , first slowly , then rapidly . i stood still ,my whole attention fixed upon the motions of her fingers . suddenly i felt misty consciousness as of soothing forgotten --a thrill of returning thought and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me this passage from the stoyof my life is an wxample of which element of plotclimax action

Which function is positive for the entire interval (-3, -2]?