Synonyms: 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
Similar words: woman, adult female
Definition: an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
Usage: the woman kept house while the man hunted
Synonyms: eve
Definition: the day before
Usage: he always arrives on the eve of her departure
Similar words: twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours, mean solar day, day, solar day, 24-hour interval
Definition: time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
Usage: two days later they left; they put on two performances every day; there are 30,000 passengers per day
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: day, daylight, daytime
Definition: the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
Usage: the dawn turned night into day; it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime
Synonyms: eve
Definition: the period immediately before something
Usage: on the eve of the French Revolution
Similar words: time period, period, period of time
Definition: an amount of time
Usage: a time period of 30 years; hastened the period of time of his recovery; Picasso's blue period