Main entry: Eve
Definition: (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
Main entry: eve
Definition: the day before
Usage: he always arrives on the eve of her departure
Main entry: eve, even, evening, eventide
Definition: the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
Usage: he enjoyed the evening light across the lake
Main entry: eve
Definition: the period immediately before something
Usage: on the eve of the French Revolution