eaves /ēvz/

1. (orig sing) the projecting edge of the roof
2. Anything projecting

eavesˈdrip or eavesˈdrop noun

1. The water that falls from the eaves of a house
2. The place where the drops fall
3. (eavesdrop) an act of eavesdropping

eavesˈdrop intransitive verb (eavesˈdropping; eavesˈdropped)

1. To try to overhear other people's private conversations
2. Orig to stand under the eaves or near the windows of a house to listen

To listen secretly to (a private conversation)

eavesˈdropper noun

1. Someone who listens in this way
2. Someone who tries to overhear private conversations

• enlevements
• enlevé
• enlight
• half the time
• half-tide
• half-timbered
• half-time
• half-timer
• half-timers
• half-times
• half-tint
• half-tints
• half-title
• half-titles
• half-tone
• half-tones
• half-track
• half-tracks
• half-truth
• half-truths
• half volley
• halfway
• halfway house
• halfway houses
• half-wellington