Old English | sb | English |
Eve | n | Evening, the day before. |
Eve | vb | To immediately precede; as 'the night that eves the wedding day". |
Eve | phr | "To Be On Eve (of something)" - a time immediately preceding. 2. to occur before some event. |
Eve | phr | "Upon the Eve" - A time immediately preceding some action, eevnt, "To Be On Eve" |
Even | n | The latter part of the day, evening, eve-tide, evening time. 2. the eve of a holy day or church festival; as 'Fasting-even' or Shrove Tuesday. 3. even the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight) |
Even | vb | To make or become even. 2. make even or more even. 3. become even or more even. 4. make level or straight. |
Even | adj | Of a piece of ground, country, etc., flat, plan, level, not hilly or sloping. 2, of a uniform height. 3. in a level position, horizontal; on an even level. 4. of surfaces or lines, uniform, without inequalit, smooth. 5. uniform throughout of colour, texture, quality, consistency. 6. of a path: straight and direct, 7. movement, speech: direct, straight forward, directly in front of. 8. of height: neither, higher or lower. 9. parallel. 10. accurate. |
Even | adv | As an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected. 2. to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons even in spite of; notwithstanding. 4. to the full extent. |
Even | phr | "Break Even" - make neither a profit or loss. |
Even | phr | "Even a Little" - to any extent at all. |
Even | phr | "Even As" - to do something, happen, at the very same time or moment as, just when somebody something else, something else happens. |
Even | phr | "Even As We Speak" - right now, right at the moment, contemporaneously. |
Even | phr | "Even Down" - of a person: upright, straight forward. 2. in a bad sense: downright, out and out. 3. of statements: downright, direct. 4. of things: downright, sheer, absolute. |
Even | phr | "Even Forth" - straight on, equally. 2. to the extent of, in proportion to. |
Even | phr | "Even If/ Though" - in spite of the fact or belief that something is the case, didn't happen or might have happen. |
Even | phr | "Even Now/Then" - not at this or that moment (anymore than previously). 2. not manage, succeed, understand, believe. 3. at this precise moment (while somebody is doing something else). |
Even | phr | "Even Off" - adjust for. |
Even | phr | "Even Out" - level flat, without surface irregularities, smooth. 3. on the same level, plane or line, parallel. 4. free fro variation or fluctuations, regular. 4. equal in measure or quantity. 5. divisible by two, as a number. 6. denoted by such a number. 7. uniform in character, character or quality. |
Even | phr | "Even So" - nevertheless, in spite of something that has happen, may or may not be true. |
Even | phr | "Even the Score" - get one's back for some past action. |
Even | phr | "Even Up" - to compensate exactly. 2. to bring into accord, reconcile. 3. to make equal. 4. to treat or represent as equal. 5. to put on the same level. 6. to talk of one person as a match for another in marriage. 7. to liken, compare. 8. to be or become even; to be equal or comparable. 9. to tally, agree with. 10. to act up to, keep pace with. |
Even | phr | "Get Even" - get revenge; retaliate. 2. even up. |
Even | phr | "On Even Keel" - smooth (a nautical term); generally plain, straightforward, uncomplicated. |
Even-bell | n | A bell rung at evening time. |
Even-down | adj | Of a person: upright, straight forward. 2. in a bad sense: downright, out and out. 3. of statements: downright, direct. 4. of things: downright, sheer, absolute. |
Even-down | adv | Straight down, coming straight down. |
Evener | n | One who or that which makes even; esp. one a ? to be an equal division of something. |
Evenfall | n | Commencement of evening, fall, dusk, twilight; gloaming. |
Even-handed | adj | Treating all alike; impartial; fair. |
Evenhood | n | Equality; position of equality; equal dignity or rank. 2. impartiality, fairness, equity, equilibrium, well-balanced state of mind. |
Evening | n | The coming of the 'even'. 2. the process or fast growing of dusk; the time at which dusk takes take. 3. the time just before sunset. 4. the close of the day. 5. the time from about sunset till bedtime. 6. transfig. & fig. the closing or declining period of a person's life; or of anything compared to the day. 7. an evening spent in a particular way; esp. an evening devoted to the entertainment of friends. |
Evening | n | The action of making even or smooth. 2. the action of comparing. 3. the condition of being even, equality. |
Eveningless | adj | Without or not having an evening |
Evening-light | n | The light of evening. |
Evening-like | adj | Resembling or characteristic of evening. |
Eveningly | adv | Ever evening. |
Evening out | n | See 'even out' |
Evenings | adv | Taken place during the evenings. |
Evening shift | n | Work done during the evening (4. pm. to midnight) |
Evening song | n | A religious service, most commonly seen in the Anglican or Episcopal church, that takes place in the early hours of the evening. |
Evening star | n | The planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening. 2. less commonly, the planet Mercury as seen in the western sky in the evening. 3. an evening primrose, Oenothera biennis. |
Evening tide | n | Evening (poetic.) |
Evening-wear | n | Clothes suitable for formal occasion in the evening. |
Evenkind | n. | Of the same kindred |
Evenleche | vb | Evenlock, to imitate. |
Even-length | n | The equinox: the time when the days and nights are of equal length. |
Evenless | adj | Without evenness, unrythmic, awkward. |
Even-light | n | See 'Evening light' |
Evenlike | adj. | Same, like, imitiable |
Evenliness | n | The quality of being even; equality, evenness, stability, adaptation. |
Evenling | n. | Equal, peer, of the same rank. 2. neighbour. |
Evenlong | adj | Oblong, in an oblong form; straight along, in a line. |
Evenly | adv | Equal; of the same character, degree, rank, weight. 2. of the same date. 3. equal to one's need; moderate. 4. of a person: fair, equitable, just, impartial. 5. of the grounds, roads, free from bumps, smooth, level, uniform. |
Evenly | adv | In an even manner or degree. 2. uniform in surface or line; smooth. 3. without inequalities in level, from texture, consistency, depth of tint. 4. in a straight line, directly. 5. exactly, in an exact coincidence or agreement. 6. at the very moment; immediately. 7. of movement or action: without fluctuations, variation, equably, uniformly. 8. with equanimity or evenness of mind, security, tranquility. 9. without inclination to either side; in a state of equipoise. 10 under even conditions; without manifest advantage on their side. 11. impartiality, fairly, justly, equitably. 12. equally, in an equal degree or proportion. 13. in the same degree throughout. 14. in equal parts or shares; as much as one side as the other. |
Even mete | n | Supper, evening meal. |
Even-mete | adj | Of the same measure, size or standing. |
Even-minded | adj | Having equanimity. |
Even-mindedly | adv | In an even-minded manner; calmly and dispassionately. |
Even-mindedness | n | The state of being calm, stable or composed, esp. under stress, equanimity. |
Evenness | n | The quality of being even. |
Even-next | adv | Neighbour. |
Even-old | n | One who is the same age; a peer. |
Even-old | adj. | Coeval, of the same age. |
Evensong | n | Song sung at evening time. |
Even-time | n | Eventide. |
Evenwhile | n | Even-tide, even time. |
Ever | adj. | Always, eternally |
Ever | phr | 'Am I Ever" - emphatically yes. |
Ever | phr | "Did You Ever" - did you ever hear or see the like of. 2. an expression of puzzled surprize. |
Ever | phr | "Ever Again" - never any time in the future. |
Ever | phr | "Ever and Again" - now and then. |
Ever | phr | "Ever and Often" - constant reiteration, continually. |
Ever | phr | "Ever As" - as long as. |
Ever | phr | "Ever Forth" - continually, constantly. |
Ever | phr | "Ever in One" - unchanging. |
Ever | phr | "Ever More" - increasingly (anxious, etc.) as time passes; more and more. 2. become, grow, seem. 3. extremely. |
Ever | phr | "Ever Now and Now" - every now and then. |
Ever | phr | "Ever Now and Then" -every now and then |
Ever | phr | "Ever Now and Then Among" - every now and then |
Ever | phr | "Ever since" - continuously since a specified time or event. |
Ever | phr | "Ever So" - very, extremely. 2. very great etc. in number, quantity (of people, things) 3. many, much, few, little |
Ever | phr | "Ever Such" - to say such with emphasis. |
Ever | phr | "For Ever" - in all future time, for eternity, in perpetuity, incessantly. |
Ever | phr | "For Ever and a Day" - for a very long time. |
Ever | phr | "For Ever and Ever" - eternally. |
Ever | phr | "Seldom if Ever" - never. |
Ever | phr | "Seldom If Never" - never. |
Ever-abiding | adj | Ever enduring. |
Everbearer | n | A plant or plant variety that produces flowers and fruit continuously throughout the growing season. |
Everbearing | adj | Being more or less continuously. 2. ever blooming of a tree, plant, flower, etc. 3. of fruit producing throughout the growing seasons in multiple times during a single growing season. |
Everbeing | adj | That always is, eternal, everlasting. |
Everbeingness | n | The state or condition of everbeing, being eternal, everlasting. |
Ever-blessed | adj | Always blessed or adored. |
Everblessing | adj | Always enjoying blessing; worthy to always be blessed or adored. |
Everbrown | n | A plant that is for ever brown in colour. |
Everburning | adj | Permanently burning, as the sun. 2. ever smoldering, smoking, slowly burning as of some forests. |
Everfalling | adj | That which falls unceasingly. |
Everflowing | adj | That which flows unceasingly. |
Evergoing | adj | That which goes on or continues for ever. |
Evergreen | n | A plant that keeps green throughout the entire year. |
Evergreen | adj | Relating to a plant that keeps green throughout the entire year. |
Ever-greenness | n | State or condition ogf being evergreen. |
Evergrowing | adj | Which grows without ceasing, with no end in sight. |
Everlast | n | Something that lasts always or forever, contiue, remain, endure. |
Ever-lasting | adj | Lasting forever for a very long time; never-ending, endless, deathless, abiding, timeless. |
Every-lasting | phr | "Every-lasting Love" - love lasting throughout life. |
Everlastingly | adv | Continually, forever, forevermore, eternally, unceasingly, through all time. |
Everlastingness | n | The absolute eternity; without beginning or end; or the past eternity, without beginning. |
Everlasting-love | n | Lasting or enduring through all time, eternally, indefinitely. |
Everlearning | n | Those who learn unceasingly, refusing to be content with their current level of knowing and always striving to learn more. |
Everlearning | adj | Unceasingly learning, refusing to be content with current level and always striving to learn more. |
Everylearning | phr | "Every Learning but Never Knowing" - a morbid obsession with novelty. 2. learning unceasingly, but really finding ' the truth.' |
Everlive | vb | To live forever; live constantly or continually. |
Everliving | adj | That lives or will live forever. 2. immortal of name or fame, etc. |
Ever-livingness | n | The state or condition of being immortal. |
Ever-loving | adj | That loves unceasingly or unconditionally. |
Everly | adv | Always, continually, constantly. |
Evermore | adv | For all future times; always, at all times, constantly, continually. |
Everness | n | Perpetuity. |
Evernew | adj | Ever new; remaining new not ageing. |
Ever-ready | adj | |
Ever-shifting | adj | Which shifts frequently; and, presumably, will do so forever. |
Ever since | adv | Continuously, since a specific time or event. |
Everwhat | adj | No matter which, for any. |
Ever-willing | adj | |
Everwise | adv | Eternally wise or having wisdom. |
Every | det | All of a countable group, without exception. 2. used with ordinal number to denote those whose position is divisible by the corresponding cardinal number, or a position of equal size to that set. |
Every | phr | "Every Bit As" - quite, every bit as. |
Every | phr | "Every Bit, Every Whit" - altogether, entirely, quite. |
Every | phr | "Every Cloud has a Silver Lining" - there are benefits even in seemimgly adverse situations. |
Every | phr | "Every Day in Every Way, One is Getting Better and Better" - one can improve, is improving, one's life gradually over time by means of profound self examination |
Every | phr | "Every Day is a School Day" - you learn something new every day. |
Every | phr | "Every Dog Has Its Day" - good luck comes sooner or later. 2. everybody will, will at sometime in one's life, get one's turn at being successful. |
Every | phr | "Every Inch" - totally completely |
Every | phr | "Every King Needs His Queen" - every man needs a woman when his life is in a mess. |
Every | phr | "Every Last" -every, without exception, used for emphasis. |
Every | phr | "Every Last One" - Every person or item (in a group) included, with no person or item omitted; each and every. |
Every | phr | "Every Little Bit Helps" - even though something that somebody has done for, or given to, one may be small, it it is not too small to be of some use; each gift though it may be small will eventually add up to a large total. |
Every | phr | "Every Man and his/their Dog" - everybody; a large number of persons; most people. |
Every | phr | "Every Man for Himself" - each person must look after himself or put him or herself first, |
Every | phr | "Every Man is the Smith of his Own Well-being" - one must shape one's own future. |
Every | phr | "Every Man's Right" - freedom to roam. |
Every | phr | "Every Now and Again/Then" - on a number of occasions, at irregular intervals; every so often; now and again, now and then, from time to time. |
Every | phr | "Every Once in a While" - every other while; at alternate periods; every now and then. |
Every | phr | "Every One Else " - all other persons. |
Every | phr | "Every Other " - alternate; every second in a series. |
Every | phr | "Every Other Day" - every second (other in OE means second)day. |
Every | phr | "Every Other Man" - missing the first, taking the second, and so on alternately; half or approximately half without actually numbering the particular group or or class. |
Every | phr | "Every Other While" - at alternate periods; every now and then. 2. ever once in a while. |
Every | phr | "Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud" - in seemingly positive situations, there are adverse aspects. |
Every | phr | "Every So Often" - at irregular interval that may be frequent or not; every now and again; from time to time. |
Every | phr | "Every Time" - whenever possible; whenever a choice can be made. 2. at each occasion that. 3. used to express a strong preference for something; whenever. |
Every | phr | "Every Which Way" - every way, in every or all directions. 2. making up of each and all members of a group without exception. 3. being all possible. 4. being each of a specified succession of objects or intervals. 5. being the highest degree or expression of. |
Every | phr | "Every which where" - more emphatic way of saying 'everywhere.' |
Every | phr | "Every Whither" - in every direction. |
Every | phr | "In Every Way" - in every direction, manner or respect. |
Every bit | adj | Exactly, to its full degree, as 'the team looked every bit a premiership contender.' |
Everybody | n | Every person; every one |
Everybody | phr | "Everybody (everyone) and His Brother" - (("Every Man and their Dog"): everybody; a large number of persons; most people. |
Everybody | phr | "Everybody and His Dog" - ("Every Man and their Dog"): everybody; a large number of persons; most people. |
Everybody | phr | "Everybody and His Mother" ("Everyman and their Mother" : everybody; a large number of persons; most people. |
Everyday | adj | Appropriate for ordinary use: rather than for special occasions. 2. commonplace, ordinary. |
Everyday-man | n | The common man; as, 'the everyday man of this workday world'. |
Every-dayness | n | The quality or state of happening every day, or frequently. 2. the product or result of happening everyday or frequently. |
Every-day-world | n | Everyday life; the life of the ordinary man. |
Every-day deal | n | A good deal (or one advertised as so. |
Everyhow | adv | In every way. |
Everylike | adj | Ever in a like fashion, continually. |
Everyman | n | In literature: the archetypal ordinarily individual, frequently the protagonist in a parable of some sort. |
Everyone | prn | Everybody; every person. |
Everyone-else | prn | All other persons. |
Every other | prn | A reciprocal pronoun. |
Every smoker | n | A person who ever been a s smoker. 2. at person who has smoked at least one hundred cigarettes, etc. during the course of their lifetime. |
Everything | prn | All the things under discussion; the essential consideration. 2. many of most things; a great deal. 3. all things; all the thing of a group or class. |
Everything | phr | "Everything but the Kitchen Sink" - a lot of things. |
Everything | phr | "Everything is Going One Way" - all that is happening is exactly as one wished; all that one has planned are in one's favor. |
Everything | phr | "Everything Under the Sun" - everything. |
Everything | phr | "Have Everything" - possess every attraction, advantage. |
Everything | phr | "Hold Everything" - stop everything (you are doing). |
Everything-maker | n | A maker of everything, usually contraptions. 2. the creator, God, supreme being. |
Every way | adv | In every manner or way; in every direction. 2. in every respect. |
Every-wayness | n | The quality of extending in every direction. |
Everyways | adv | In every direction. |
Everywhen | adv | At all times, always. |
Everywhence | adv | From every direction. |
Everywhere | adv | In any or every or part; in all places. 2. all over. |
Everywhere | phr | "Here, There and Everywhere" - in ever possible place. 2. in all locations, ubiquitous. |
Everywhere-always | adj | Omnipresent; everywhere-at-once, always-everywhere, every where-every when. |
Every-whereness | n | Ubiquity. |
Every-wheres | n | In all places; in every place; everywhere. |
Every woman | n | In literature: the archetypal ordinarily woman, frequently the protagonist in a parable of some sort. |
Evese | vb | Clip, cut hair, cut the coat of an animal, prune a tree, etc. 2. to cut short the hair of a person. |
Evest | n | The evening star. |
Eve-star | n | Evening star. |
Eve-tide | n | Eventide |
Eve time | n | Eve-tide, eventide. |
Eve-weed | n | Hesperis matronalis: in reference to the fragrance of the blossom at evening. |
Evil | n | Morally objectionable behavior. 2. the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice. 3. that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune. |
Evil | adj | Having or exerting a malignant influence. 2. morally bad or wrong "evil purposes","an evil influence","evil deeds" evil having the nature of vice. 3. bad, harmful. |
Evil | vb | To do evil, to harm, injure. 2. to ill-treat, to affect with disease. 3. to grow bad morally. 4. to fall ill, to be ill, sick. |
Evil | phr | "Evil Doers are Evil Dreaders" - it is your suspicion, not your knowledge, which speaks. |
Evil | phr | "Fall On Evil Days" - suffer unfortunate circumstances. |
Evil | phr | "Give Somebody the Evil Eye" - the ability to cast an evil spell; do some harm, by means of a malevolent look, glare or glance. |
Evil | phr | "Give Somebody the Evils" - glare at someone. |
Evil | phr | "Speak Evil Of" - slander, denigrate. |
Evil | phr | "The Falling Evil" - epilepsy. |
Evil | phr | "To Have an Evil-head" - to be insane. |
Evil | phr | "Put Off the Evil Day" - postpone something unpleasant for as long as possible. |
Evil | phr | "The Evil That Men Do Lives After Them" - people will remember the bad or wrong things that somebody has done long after they have forgotten the good thing; the bad things that one does in one's lifetime continue to have an effect long after one's death. |
Evil-boding | n | The prediction or foretelling of a coming evil. |
Evil-boding | adj | Ominous, ill-boding, unpropitious. |
Evil-doer | n | One who does malefaction; a malefactor. |
Evil-doer | phr | "Evil Doers are Evil Dreaders" - it is your suspicion, not your knowledge, which speaks. |
Evil-doing | n | The action of doing malefaction, |
Evil-eye | n. | Look at with ill-will |
Evil-eye | phr | "To Look With an Evil Eye" - a look of ill-will. |
Evil-eyed | adj | A look thought capable of inflicting injury or bad luck on the person at whom it is directed |
Evil-fare | n. | Ill-success, misfortune. |
Evilful | adj | Malicious, harmful. |
Evilfully | adv | In a harmful or malicious manner. |
Evil-hearted | adj | Having or holding malice towards other, expressing extreme dislike or hatred. |
Evil-laughter | n | A sound produced by a person with or uttering an evil laugh. |
Evil-less | adj | Without evil, free from evil. |
Evilly | adv | Viciously, wickedly, censureably. 2. with evil purpose or result; injuriously, maliciously, mischievously, noxiously. 3. unfavourably. 4. not well, badly, faulty, insufficiently, defectively, unhappily. 5. with difficulty, reluctantly, impatiently. 6. improperly, inappropriately. |
Evil man | n | The devil. |
Evil-minded | adj | Having evil thoughts or intentions. |
Evil-mindedness | n | State or quality of having evil thoughts. |
Evil-most | adj | Most evil. 2. most unlucky. |
Evilness | n | Badness, viciousness, depravity, noxiousness. 2. ill-heaalth, illness. 3. poor or bad quality, inferiority. |
Evil One | n | The Devil, Satan, Lucifer. |
Evil-saying | n | Saying or uttering words of malice and ill-will. |
Evil-speaking | adj | Speaking words of malice, slander and ill-will. |
Evil-thewed | adj | Evil in manners and ways. |
Evil-times | n. | An era or epoch of malevolence. |
Evil-tongued | adj | Evil in word and utterances. |
Evil twin | n | A duplicate or counterpart that acts in contrary, nefarious or insidious manner. 2. in computing, a rogue wireless access point near a legitimate one for the purpose of eavesdropping or phishing. |
Evil-willed | adj | Having n evil, malicious wit or mind. |
Evil-willer | n | One who wishes or wills evil upon another. 2. enemy, ill-wisher. |
Evil-willing | n | Evil desire, malevolence, spite, hatred towards others. |
Evil-willing | adj | Having evil desires. 2. malevolent, spiteful readiness towards others. |
Evil-willingly | adv | Grudgingly, unwillingly. |
Evil-wisher | n | One who wishes or wills evil upon another. 2. enemy, ill-wisher, evil-willer. |
Evil-wishing | adj | Wishing bad luck, pain, misfortune on others. |
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