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eaves

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8
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9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/iːvz/
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/iːvz/ · /ivz/

Definition of eaves

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (plural, plural-only)The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building.
    “Him that you term'd Sir, the good old Lord Gonzallo, / His teares runs downe his beard like winters drops / From eaues of reeds: […]”
    “Thus night oft ſee me in thy pale career, / Till civil-ſuited morn appeer, / […] / Or uſher'd with a ſhower ſtill, / When the guſt hath blown his fill, / Ending on the ruſsling Leaves, / With minute drops from off the Eaves.”
    “By my window bowered round with leaves, / And down my cheeks the quick tears ran / Like twinkling rain-drops from the eaves, / When warm spring showers are passing o'er: […]”
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noun

  1. (plural, plural-only)The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building.
    “Him that you term'd Sir, the good old Lord Gonzallo, / His teares runs downe his beard like winters drops / From eaues of reeds: […]”
    “Thus night oft ſee me in thy pale career, / Till civil-ſuited morn appeer, / […] / Or uſher'd with a ſhower ſtill, / When the guſt hath blown his fill, / Ending on the ruſsling Leaves, / With minute drops from off the Eaves.”
    “By my window bowered round with leaves, / And down my cheeks the quick tears ran / Like twinkling rain-drops from the eaves, / When warm spring showers are passing o'er: […]”
  2. (broadly, plural, plural-only)Something that extends over or projects beyond.
    “But after many strains and heaves / He got up to the Saddle eaves.”
    “The mystic glory swims away; / From off my bed the moonlight dies; / And closing eaves of wearied eyes / I sleep till dusk is dipt in gray: […]”
  3. (form-of, plural)plural of eave

name

  1. A surname.
  2. A hamlet in Woodplumpton parish, city of Preston district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4937).

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Etymology

PIE word *upér From Middle English eves (“projecting lower edge of a roof”) [and other forms], from Old English efes, yfes, *ofes (“edge of a roof”), from Proto-West Germanic *ubisu (“hall”), from Proto-Germanic *ubiswō (compare Gothic 𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌰 (ubizwa), Old High German obasa (“hall; porch; roof”)), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“above; over”) (whence over).

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