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eaves

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /i?vz/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ivz/
  • Homophone: eves
  • Rhymes: -i?vz

Etymology 1

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 *ubisw? (compare Gothic ???????????????????????? (ubizwa), Old High German obasa (“hall; porch; roof”)), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“above; over”) (whence over).

Noun

eaves pl (plural only)

  1. (architecture) The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building.
  2. (by extension) Something that extends over or projects beyond.

Alternative forms

  • eave

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From eave +? -s, from a misinterpretation of the -s ending of eaves as forming a plural.

Noun

eaves

  1. plural of eave

References

Further reading

  • eaves on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • seave

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raves

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?e?vz/

Noun

raves

  1. plural of rave

Verb

raves

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rave

Anagrams

  • AVREs, avers, sarve, saver, vares, veras

Catalan

Noun

raves

  1. plural of rave

French

Noun

raves ?

  1. plural of rave

Spanish

Noun

raves f pl

  1. plural of rave

raves From the web:

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