| slovo | definícia |
evening
(mass) | evening
- večer |
evening
(encz) | evening,večer |
evening
(encz) | evening,večerní adj: |
Evening
(gcide) | Evening \E"ven*ing\, n. [AS. [=ae]fnung. See even, n., and cf.
Eve.]
1. The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of
darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of
the sun.
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In the ascending scale
Of heaven, the stars that usher evening rose.
--Milton.
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Note: Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the
United States, the afternoon is called evening.
--Bartlett.
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2. The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as
of strength or glory.
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Note: Sometimes used adjectively; as, evening gun. "Evening
Prayer." --Shak.
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Evening flower (Bot.), a genus of iridaceous plants
(Hesperantha) from the Cape of Good Hope, with
sword-shaped leaves, and sweet-scented flowers which
expand in the evening.
Evening grosbeak (Zo["o]l.), an American singing bird
(Coccothraustes vespertina) having a very large bill.
Its color is olivaceous, with the crown, wings, and tail
black, and the under tail coverts yellow. So called
because it sings in the evening.
Evening primrose. See under Primrose.
The evening star, the bright star of early evening in the
western sky, soon passing below the horizon; specifically,
the planet Venus; -- called also Vesper and Hesperus.
During portions of the year, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are
also evening stars. See Morning Star.
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Evening
(gcide) | Even \E"ven\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evened; p. pr. & vb. n.
Evening]
1. To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth.
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His temple Xerxes evened with the soil. --Sir. W.
Raleigh.
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It will even all inequalities --Evelyn.
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2. To equal. [Obs.] "To even him in valor." --Fuller.
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3. To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a
state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance,
as accounts; to make quits; to make equal; as, to even the
score. --Shak.
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4. To set right; to complete.
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5. To act up to; to keep pace with. --Shak.
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evening
(wn) | evening
n 1: the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing
daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed
the evening light across the lake" [syn: evening, eve,
even, eventide]
2: a later concluding time period; "it was the evening of the
Roman Empire"
3: the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in
a special way; "an evening at the opera" |
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evening dinner
(mass) | evening dinner
- večera |
evening meal
(mass) | evening meal
- večera |
common evening primrose
(encz) | common evening primrose, n: |
early in the evening
(encz) | early in the evening,navečer |
evening bag
(encz) | evening bag, n: |
evening clothes
(encz) | evening clothes,večerní šaty n: šaty na slavnostní příležitost sheeryjay |
evening dinner
(encz) | evening dinner,večeře |
evening dress
(encz) | evening dress,gala Zdeněk Broževening dress,večerní šaty Hynek Hanke |
evening gown
(encz) | evening gown,večerní šaty Zdeněk Brož |
evening grosbeak
(encz) | evening grosbeak, n: |
evening lychnis
(encz) | evening lychnis, n: |
evening meal
(encz) | evening meal,večeře |
evening primrose
(encz) | evening primrose, n: |
evening shift
(encz) | evening shift, n: |
evening shirt
(encz) | evening shirt, n: |
evening star
(encz) | evening star,večernice n: Zdeněk Brož |
evening trumpet flower
(encz) | evening trumpet flower, n: |
evening-primrose family
(encz) | evening-primrose family, n: |
evening-snow
(encz) | evening-snow, n: |
evenings
(encz) | evenings,večery n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
eveningwear
(encz) | eveningwear, n: |
good evening
(encz) | good evening,dobrý večer |
mid-evening
(encz) | mid-evening, |
this evening
(encz) | this evening,dnes večer |
towards evening
(encz) | towards evening,navečer |
Evening
(gcide) | Evening \E"ven*ing\, n. [AS. [=ae]fnung. See even, n., and cf.
Eve.]
1. The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of
darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of
the sun.
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In the ascending scale
Of heaven, the stars that usher evening rose.
--Milton.
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Note: Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the
United States, the afternoon is called evening.
--Bartlett.
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2. The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as
of strength or glory.
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Note: Sometimes used adjectively; as, evening gun. "Evening
Prayer." --Shak.
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Evening flower (Bot.), a genus of iridaceous plants
(Hesperantha) from the Cape of Good Hope, with
sword-shaped leaves, and sweet-scented flowers which
expand in the evening.
Evening grosbeak (Zo["o]l.), an American singing bird
(Coccothraustes vespertina) having a very large bill.
Its color is olivaceous, with the crown, wings, and tail
black, and the under tail coverts yellow. So called
because it sings in the evening.
Evening primrose. See under Primrose.
The evening star, the bright star of early evening in the
western sky, soon passing below the horizon; specifically,
the planet Venus; -- called also Vesper and Hesperus.
During portions of the year, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are
also evening stars. See Morning Star.
[1913 Webster]Even \E"ven\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evened; p. pr. & vb. n.
Evening]
1. To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth.
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His temple Xerxes evened with the soil. --Sir. W.
Raleigh.
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It will even all inequalities --Evelyn.
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2. To equal. [Obs.] "To even him in valor." --Fuller.
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3. To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a
state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance,
as accounts; to make quits; to make equal; as, to even the
score. --Shak.
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4. To set right; to complete.
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5. To act up to; to keep pace with. --Shak.
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evening bag
(gcide) | evening bag \evening bag\ n.
a small dressy handbag, richly decorated, carried by women
for formal occasions in the evening.
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Evening flower
(gcide) | Evening \E"ven*ing\, n. [AS. [=ae]fnung. See even, n., and cf.
Eve.]
1. The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of
darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of
the sun.
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In the ascending scale
Of heaven, the stars that usher evening rose.
--Milton.
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Note: Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the
United States, the afternoon is called evening.
--Bartlett.
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2. The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as
of strength or glory.
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Note: Sometimes used adjectively; as, evening gun. "Evening
Prayer." --Shak.
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Evening flower (Bot.), a genus of iridaceous plants
(Hesperantha) from the Cape of Good Hope, with
sword-shaped leaves, and sweet-scented flowers which
expand in the evening.
Evening grosbeak (Zo["o]l.), an American singing bird
(Coccothraustes vespertina) having a very large bill.
Its color is olivaceous, with the crown, wings, and tail
black, and the under tail coverts yellow. So called
because it sings in the evening.
Evening primrose. See under Primrose.
The evening star, the bright star of early evening in the
western sky, soon passing below the horizon; specifically,
the planet Venus; -- called also Vesper and Hesperus.
During portions of the year, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are
also evening stars. See Morning Star.
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Evening grosbeak
(gcide) | Evening \E"ven*ing\, n. [AS. [=ae]fnung. See even, n., and cf.
Eve.]
1. The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of
darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of
the sun.
[1913 Webster]
In the ascending scale
Of heaven, the stars that usher evening rose.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the
United States, the afternoon is called evening.
--Bartlett.
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2. The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as
of strength or glory.
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Note: Sometimes used adjectively; as, evening gun. "Evening
Prayer." --Shak.
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Evening flower (Bot.), a genus of iridaceous plants
(Hesperantha) from the Cape of Good Hope, with
sword-shaped leaves, and sweet-scented flowers which
expand in the evening.
Evening grosbeak (Zo["o]l.), an American singing bird
(Coccothraustes vespertina) having a very large bill.
Its color is olivaceous, with the crown, wings, and tail
black, and the under tail coverts yellow. So called
because it sings in the evening.
Evening primrose. See under Primrose.
The evening star, the bright star of early evening in the
western sky, soon passing below the horizon; specifically,
the planet Venus; -- called also Vesper and Hesperus.
During portions of the year, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are
also evening stars. See Morning Star.
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Evening primrose
(gcide) | Primrose \Prim"rose`\, n. [OE. primerole, F. primerole, a
derivative fr. LL. primula, from L. primus first. See
Prime, a.] (Bot.)
(a) An early flowering plant of the genus Primula ({Primula
vulgaris}) closely allied to the cowslip. There are
several varieties, as the white-, the red-, the
yellow-flowered, etc. Formerly called also primerole,
primerolles.
(b) Any plant of the genus Primula.
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Evening primrose, an erect biennial herb ({Enothera
biennis}), with yellow vespertine flowers, common in the
United States. The name is sometimes extended to other
species of the same genus.
Primrose peerless, the two-flowered Narcissus ({Narcissus
biflorus}). [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Evening \E"ven*ing\, n. [AS. [=ae]fnung. See even, n., and cf.
Eve.]
1. The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of
darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of
the sun.
[1913 Webster]
In the ascending scale
Of heaven, the stars that usher evening rose.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the
United States, the afternoon is called evening.
--Bartlett.
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2. The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as
of strength or glory.
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Note: Sometimes used adjectively; as, evening gun. "Evening
Prayer." --Shak.
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Evening flower (Bot.), a genus of iridaceous plants
(Hesperantha) from the Cape of Good Hope, with
sword-shaped leaves, and sweet-scented flowers which
expand in the evening.
Evening grosbeak (Zo["o]l.), an American singing bird
(Coccothraustes vespertina) having a very large bill.
Its color is olivaceous, with the crown, wings, and tail
black, and the under tail coverts yellow. So called
because it sings in the evening.
Evening primrose. See under Primrose.
The evening star, the bright star of early evening in the
western sky, soon passing below the horizon; specifically,
the planet Venus; -- called also Vesper and Hesperus.
During portions of the year, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are
also evening stars. See Morning Star.
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evening-snow
(gcide) | evening-snow \evening-snow\ n.
small California annual (Linanthus dichotomus) with white
flowers.
Syn: evening snow, Linanthus dichotomus.
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eveningwear
(gcide) | eveningwear \eveningwear\ n.
attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening.
Syn: formalwear, evening dress, evening clothes.
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The evening star
(gcide) | Evening \E"ven*ing\, n. [AS. [=ae]fnung. See even, n., and cf.
Eve.]
1. The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of
darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of
the sun.
[1913 Webster]
In the ascending scale
Of heaven, the stars that usher evening rose.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the
United States, the afternoon is called evening.
--Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
2. The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as
of strength or glory.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Sometimes used adjectively; as, evening gun. "Evening
Prayer." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Evening flower (Bot.), a genus of iridaceous plants
(Hesperantha) from the Cape of Good Hope, with
sword-shaped leaves, and sweet-scented flowers which
expand in the evening.
Evening grosbeak (Zo["o]l.), an American singing bird
(Coccothraustes vespertina) having a very large bill.
Its color is olivaceous, with the crown, wings, and tail
black, and the under tail coverts yellow. So called
because it sings in the evening.
Evening primrose. See under Primrose.
The evening star, the bright star of early evening in the
western sky, soon passing below the horizon; specifically,
the planet Venus; -- called also Vesper and Hesperus.
During portions of the year, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are
also evening stars. See Morning Star.
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Yester-evening
(gcide) | Yestereve \Yes"ter*eve`\, Yester-evening \Yes"ter-e`ven*ing\, n.
The evening of yesterday; the evening last past.
[1913 Webster] Yestermorn |
common evening primrose
(wn) | common evening primrose
n 1: a coarse biennial of eastern North America with yellow
flowers that open in the evening; naturalized in Europe
[syn: common evening primrose, German rampion,
Oenothera biennis] |
evening bag
(wn) | evening bag
n 1: a handbag used with evening wear |
evening clothes
(wn) | evening clothes
n 1: attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening [syn:
formalwear, eveningwear, evening dress, {evening
clothes}] |
evening dress
(wn) | evening dress
n 1: attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening [syn:
formalwear, eveningwear, evening dress, {evening
clothes}] |
evening gown
(wn) | evening gown
n 1: a gown for evening wear [syn: dinner dress, {dinner
gown}, formal, evening gown] |
evening grosbeak
(wn) | evening grosbeak
n 1: North American grosbeak [syn: evening grosbeak,
Hesperiphona vespertina] |
evening lychnis
(wn) | evening lychnis
n 1: bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large
evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx;
sometimes placed in genus Lychnis [syn: white campion,
evening lychnis, white cockle, bladder campion,
Silene latifolia, Lychnis alba] |
evening prayer
(wn) | Evening Prayer
n 1: (Anglican Church) a daily evening service with prayers
prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer [syn: {Evening
Prayer}, evensong] |
evening primrose
(wn) | evening primrose
n 1: any of several plants of the family Onagraceae |
evening shift
(wn) | evening shift
n 1: the work shift during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight)
[syn: evening shift, swing shift]
2: workers who work during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight) |
evening shirt
(wn) | evening shirt
n 1: a man's white shirt (with a starch front) for evening wear
(usually with a tuxedo) [syn: dress shirt, {evening
shirt}] |
evening star
(wn) | evening star
n 1: a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky
[syn: evening star, Hesperus, Vesper] |
evening trumpet flower
(wn) | evening trumpet flower
n 1: poisonous woody evergreen vine of southeastern United
States having fragrant yellow funnel-shaped flowers [syn:
yellow jasmine, yellow jessamine, Carolina jasmine,
evening trumpet flower, Gelsemium sempervirens] |
evening-primrose family
(wn) | evening-primrose family
n 1: a large and widely distributed family of plants of the
order Myrtales [syn: Onagraceae, family Onagraceae,
evening-primrose family] |
evening-snow
(wn) | evening-snow
n 1: small California annual with white flowers [syn: {evening-
snow}, Linanthus dichotomus] |
eveningwear
(wn) | eveningwear
n 1: attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening [syn:
formalwear, eveningwear, evening dress, {evening
clothes}] |
this evening
(wn) | this evening
adv 1: during the night of the present day; "drop by tonight"
[syn: tonight, this evening, this night] |
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