The meaning of Evening

noun

An even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain upright and steady.

Usage examples:

She lost her balance and fell

verb

Put (something) in a steady position so that it does not fall.

Usage examples:

A mug that she balanced on her knee

noun

Harmonious arrangement or relation of parts within a whole

noun

The darker stage of twilight.

Usage examples:

Dusk was falling rapidly

verb

Grow dark.

Usage examples:

The sky dusked and the shadows got long and hard

adjective

Shadowy, dim, or dark.

Usage examples:

The dusk demesnes of night

verb

Make the same in quantity, size, or degree throughout a place or group.

Usage examples:

The purpose is to equalize the workload among tutors

verb

To make laws or treatment the same for all people or companies in a group or place

Usage examples:

The latest proposals would implement appropriate measures to equalize the conditions of global trad…

noun

The day or period of time immediately before an event or occasion.

Usage examples:

On the eve of her departure he gave her a little parcel

proper noun

(in the bible) the first woman, companion of adam and mother of cain and abel.

noun

The evening or day before a holiday, or the period immediately before an important event

Usage examples:

New year’s eve, the eve of the election

adjective

Flat and smooth.

Usage examples:

Prepare the site, then lay an even bed of mortar

verb

Make or become even.

Usage examples:

She cut the hair again to even up the ends

adverb

Used to emphasize something surprising or extreme.

Usage examples:

They have never even heard of the united states

noun

The onset of evening; dusk.

Usage examples:

He kindles his lamp at evenfall

noun

The end of the day; evening.

Usage examples:

The moonflower opens its white flowers at eventide

noun

Evening

Usage examples:

At eventide they lit the lamps., in the eventide of life i find solace in the enjoyment of nature.

verb

Make or become flat or flatter.

Usage examples:

Her hair had been flattened by the storm

verb

Make flat or flatter

noun

Twilight; dusk.

Usage examples:

Hundreds of lights are already shimmering in the gloaming

noun

The time of day when it is becoming dark but is not yet fully dark

Usage examples:

I walked home in the gloaming, with the city lights coming on., gloaming lasts a very short time he…

noun

A horizontal plane or line with respect to the distance above or below a given point.

Usage examples:

The front garden is on a level with this floor

adjective

Having a flat, horizontal surface.

Usage examples:

We had reached level ground

verb

Give a flat and even surface to.

Usage examples:

Contractors started levelling the ground for the new power station

phrasal verb

To stop increasing or being reduced

Usage examples:

The price of gas has finally leveled off after rising for several months., the plane descended to 1…

phrasal verb

If a rate or amount levels off, it stops rising or falling and stays at the same level

Usage examples:

Share prices are beginning to level off after the sharp rises of recent months., level off/out at s…

phrasal verb

If an aircraft levels off/out, it starts to travel horizontally rather than going up or down

Usage examples:

The jet levelled off at 10, 000 feet.

noun

The period from sunset to sunrise in each twenty-four hours.

Usage examples:

A moonless night

adverb

Short for goodnight.

noun

The part of every 24-hour period when it is dark because there is no direct light from the sun

Usage examples:

[ c ] i’ll be in pittsburgh on tuesday night., [ c ] there was a fire last night in the tremont sec…

noun

The onset of night; dusk.

Usage examples:

We had to get back by nightfall

noun

A flat surface on which a straight line joining any two points on it would wholly lie.

Usage examples:

The horizontal plane

adjective

Completely level or flat.

Usage examples:

A plane surface

verb

(of a bird or an airborne object) soar without moving the wings; glide.

Usage examples:

Seagulls swooped and planed overhead

adjective

Having an even and regular surface; free from perceptible projections, lumps, or indentations.

Usage examples:

Smooth flat rocks

verb

Give (something) a flat, regular surface or appearance.

Usage examples:

She smoothed out the newspaper

adverb

In a way that is without difficulties.

Usage examples:

The course of true love never did run smooth

noun

The time in the evening when the sun disappears or daylight fades.

Usage examples:

There was no unified standard as there is in judaism, sundown to sundown.

noun

The time in the evening when you last see the sun in the sky

Usage examples:

We left early, anxious to make it back to florence before/by sundown.

noun

The time in the evening when the sun disappears or daylight fades.

Usage examples:

Sunset was still a couple of hours away

adjective

Denoting a legal provision under which a programme, agency, regulation, etc., is automatically terminated at the end of a fixed period unless renewed by legislative action.

Usage examples:

The bill will have a two-year sunset clause, so the decision will need to be revisited after the ne…

verb

(of a programme, agency, regulation, etc.) expire or be terminated automatically at the end of a fixed period unless renewed by legislative action.

Usage examples:

The tax cut will sunset after three years unless lawmakers extend it

noun

The soft glowing light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, caused by the reflection of the sun's rays from the atmosphere.

Usage examples:

She looked out on the beautiful twilight