nnoun.timethe latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)Synset:eve evening eventide
Examples:- he enjoyed the evening light across the lake
Hypernyms:day daylight daytime
Inherited Hypernyms:eveningdaytime periodfundamental quantitymeasureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:guest night
Part Meronyms:sundown sunset crepuscle crepuscule dusk evenfall fall gloam gloaming nightfall twilight
Full Hyponyms:guest night
vverb.contactmake level or straightSynset:even out flush level
Derivationally Related Form:levellevellerleveler
Hypernyms:change surface
Inherited Hypernyms:flushchange surfacechange
Direct Hyponyms:gradestricklestrike
Full Troponyms:aggradegradestrickle
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changebecome even or more evenSynset:even out
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:evenchange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changemake even or more evenSynset:even out
Hypernyms:regularise regularize
Inherited Hypernyms:evenregularizearrangeputmove
Causes:even out even
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
adj satadj.allequal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balancedSynset:fifty-fifty
Examples:- even amounts of butter and sugar
- on even terms
- it was a fifty-fifty (or even) split
- had a fifty-fifty (or even) chance
- an even fight
Antonyms:unequal
Derivationally Related Form:evenness
Inherited Hypernyms:even
Similar to:equal
adjadj.allbeing level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with)Attributes:evenness invariability
Examples:- an even application of varnish
- an even floor
- the road was not very even
- the picture is even with the window
Antonyms:uneven
Derivationally Related Form:evenness
Inherited Hypernyms:even
Similar to:flat level plane flat-bottom flat-bottomed flatbottom flatbottomed flush justified lap-jointed level straight-grained straight true
See also:smooth steady
adj satadj.allsymmetrically arrangedSynset:regular
Examples:- even features
- regular features
- a regular polygon
Antonyms:asymmetrical
Derivationally Related Form:regularityevenness
Inherited Hypernyms:even
Similar to:symmetric symmetrical
adj satadj.alloccurring at fixed intervalsSynset:regular
Examples:- a regular beat
- the even rhythm of his breathing
Antonyms:unsteady
Derivationally Related Form:regularityevenness
Inherited Hypernyms:even
Similar to:steady
adj satadj.allof the score in a contestSynset:level tied
Antonyms:unequal
Derivationally Related Form:evenness
Inherited Hypernyms:tied
Similar to:equal