Phrase Hound found 6 phrases and 26 compound words that contain eves. The most common are listed below. Open eves in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 6
- Christmas Evesplural of Christmas Eve: The evening before Christmas Day.
- New Year's Evesplural of New Year's Eve: The holiday occurring on the last day of the year, celebrated on December 31st in cultures following the Gregorian calendar; this entire 24-hour calendar day or (often) specifically its evening.
- African Evesplural of African Eve: The matrilineal most recent common ancestor of all currently living humans, i.e., the most recent woman from whom all living humans descend in an unbroken line purely through their mothers, and through the mothers of …
- Mitochondrial Evesplural of Mitochondrial Eve: The matrilineal most recent common ancestor of all currently living humans, i.e., the most recent woman from whom all living humans descend in an unbroken line purely through their mothers, and through the …
- Adam and Evesthird-person singular simple present indicative of Adam and Eve: The first man and woman, respectively, according to the Book of Genesis.
- Saint Agnes' Evesplural of Saint Agnes' Eve: The night of January 20, on which traditionally, if she performs certain rituals, a woman is supposed to have dreams of her future husband.
Compound words 26
- sleevesplural of sleeve: The part of a garment that covers the arm.
- thievesplural of thief: One who carries out a theft.
- grievesplural of grief: Suffering, hardship.
- steevesthird-person singular simple present indicative of steeve: The angle that a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel.
- EstevesA surname.
- greevesplural of greeve: A reeve; steward.
- Shrevesplural of Shreve: A surname.
- abbrevesplural of abbreve: An abbreviation.
- alievesthird-person singular simple present indicative of alieve: To subconsciously feel (something) to be true, even if one does not believe it; to hold an alief.
- brievesplural of brieve: A semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.