--- title: E — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 3 description: The 819 words of the English dictionary under E, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / E # E — The English dictionary · page 3 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/2/) **3** [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/4/) … [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/42/) **east** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* East is the direction where the sun comes up in the morning.[↗](../../east/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* East is opposite to west; on a map it is on the right.[↗](../../east/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The East can mean the countries of Asia.[↗](../../east/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bus drives 20 km east.[↗](../../east/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He walked 3 blocks east and 2 blocks west.[↗](../../east/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The farm is east of the town.[↗](../../east/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How far east is she from home?[↗](../../east/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sun rises in the east.[↗](../../east/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · On a map, east is on the right.[↗](../../east/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We live on the east side of the city.[↗](../../east/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A cold wind blew from the east.[↗](../../east/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.[↗](../../east/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.38.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../east/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.[↗](../../east/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../east/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.[↗](../../east/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.27.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../east/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.[↗](../../east/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.48.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../east/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it?[↗](../../east/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.17.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../east/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Who hath raised up one from the east, at whose steps victory attendeth?[↗](../../east/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.41.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../east/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **easterly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Towards the east or in the east: an easterly direction.[↗](../../easterly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of wind) Blowing from the east.[↗](../../easterly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A wind that comes from the east.[↗](../../easterly/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A cold easterly wind blew across the field.[↗](../../easterly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We walked in an easterly direction towards the sunrise.[↗](../../easterly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ship sailed on an easterly course.[↗](../../easterly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The easterlies near the equator are called trade winds.[↗](../../easterly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The weather forecast says a strong easterly will bring snow.[↗](../../easterly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school is on the easterly side of the town.[↗](../../easterly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **eastern** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Eastern means in, from or towards the east: eastern Canada, the eastern sky.[↗](../../eastern/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Eastern (often «Eastern») describes the countries and cultures of Asia, especially East Asia.[↗](../../eastern/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Eastern philosophy.[↗](../../eastern/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sun rises in the eastern sky.[↗](../../eastern/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · New York is on the eastern coast of the USA.[↗](../../eastern/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sydney is in eastern Australia.[↗](../../eastern/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · An eastern wind blew from the sea.[↗](../../eastern/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The eastern side of the school gets the morning sun.[↗](../../eastern/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Poland is in Eastern Europe.[↗](../../eastern/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Their measure is the Twelve Diagonal Borders: Northeastern border, Southeastern border, Upper-Eastern border, Lower-Western border, Upper-Northern border, Lower-Northern border, Southwestern border, Northwestern border, Upper-Western border, Lower-Western border, Upper-Southern border, Lower-Southern border.[↗](../../eastern/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../eastern/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then said he unto me: 'These waters issue forth toward the eastern region, and shall go down into the Arabah; and when they shall enter into the sea, into the sea of the putrid waters, the waters shall be healed.[↗](../../eastern/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.47.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eastern/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And it shall come to pass in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem: half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea; in summer and in winter shall it be.[↗](../../eastern/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.14.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eastern/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **eastward** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (adverb) Towards the east.[↗](../../eastward/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The ship sailed eastward.[↗](../../eastward/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Going or facing towards the east: the eastward road.[↗](../../eastward/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The storm is moving eastward across the country.[↗](../../eastward/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We drove eastward towards the sunrise.[↗](../../eastward/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Earth spins eastward, so the sun seems to rise in the east.[↗](../../eastward/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The eastward train leaves at 9.[↗](../../eastward/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · On the map, walk 3 squares eastward, then 2 north.[↗](../../eastward/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds flew eastward over the sea.[↗](../../eastward/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Finnian, the Abbott of Moville, went southwards and eastwards in great haste.[↗](../../eastward/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.[↗](../../eastward/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.38.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eastward/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.[↗](../../eastward/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.27.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eastward/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sun-rising.'[↗](../../eastward/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.34.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eastward/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah.[↗](../../eastward/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.26.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eastward/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said: 'Open the window eastward'; and he opened it.[↗](../../eastward/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.13.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eastward/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.[↗](../../eastward/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.4.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eastward/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **easy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Easy means not difficult, simple to do or understand.[↗](../../easy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Easy means comfortable and relaxed: an easy chair.[↗](../../easy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Take it easy» means relax and don't work too hard; «go easy on» means be gentle with.[↗](../../easy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This sum is easy: two plus two is four.[↗](../../easy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Riding a bike is easy once you learn.[↗](../../easy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Take it easy; you've been working all day.[↗](../../easy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Easy-peasy, lemon squeezy\![↗](../../easy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It's easier to read with good light.[↗](../../easy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Go easy on your little brother; he's only four.[↗](../../easy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The test was easier than I expected.[↗](../../easy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Saying sorry is easier said than done.[↗](../../easy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Dear me, that is easy enough\![↗](../../easy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; but knowledge is easy unto him that hath discernment.[↗](../../easy/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.14.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../easy/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **eat** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To eat is to put food in your mouth, chew it and swallow it.[↗](../../eat/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To eat a meal is to have it: we eat dinner at six.[↗](../../eat/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To eat into or eat away something is to slowly use it up or damage it: rust eats away metal.[↗](../../eat/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I eat three plums from the table.[↗](../../eat/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There were 9 apples.[↗](../../eat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") Tom ate 1 of them.[↗](../../eat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") How many apples are left?[↗](../../eat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ravi ate 4 of the 12 grapes.[↗](../../eat/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We eat lunch at twelve.[↗](../../eat/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Eat your vegetables; they help you grow.[↗](../../eat/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Cows eat grass.[↗](../../eat/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Never eat wild mushrooms or berries without asking an adult.[↗](../../eat/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's eat out tonight.[↗](../../eat/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Then eat heartily," said the Barmecide.[↗](../../eat/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.[↗](../../eat/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.14.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eat/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Of all clean birds ye may eat.[↗](../../eat/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.14.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eat/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And they did eat there by the heap.[↗](../../eat/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.46, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eat/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · So Ahab went up to eat and to drink.[↗](../../eat/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.18.42, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eat/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · So they poured out for the men to eat.[↗](../../eat/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.4.40, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eat/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.[↗](../../eat/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.5.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eat/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **eater** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person or animal that eats, often described by how or what it eats: «a fussy eater», «a big eater».[↗](../../eater/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (as part of a word) An animal that eats a certain food: «anteater», «meat-eater», «plant-eater».[↗](../../eater/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A fire-eater is a performer who pretends to eat fire and breathes out flames at shows.[↗](../../eater/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My brother is a very fussy eater.[↗](../../eater/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Lions are meat-eaters.[↗](../../eater/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cows are plant-eaters.[↗](../../eater/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The anteater licks up ants with its long tongue.[↗](../../eater/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad is a big eater; he always has seconds.[↗](../../eater/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A healthy eater has lots of fruit and vegetables.[↗](../../eater/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She is a slow eater, so she is last to leave the table.[↗](../../eater/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The fire-eater laughed again, and blew a flame at Makoma.[↗](../../eater/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of flesh; (Writings PRO.23.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eater/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said unto them: Out of the eater came forth food, and out of the strong came forth sweetness.[↗](../../eater/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.14.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eater/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · All thy fortresses shall be like fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.[↗](../../eater/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets NAM.3.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eater/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **eatest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «eatest» means «you eat», a form of «eat».[↗](../../eatest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To eat is to put food in your mouth, chew it and swallow it.[↗](../../eatest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.'[↗](../../eatest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.2.17, JPS 1917) **eateth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «eateth» means «eats», a form of «eat».[↗](../../eateth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To eat is to put food in your mouth, chew it and swallow it.[↗](../../eateth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Whosoever it be that eateth any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people.[↗](../../eateth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.7.27, JPS 1917) · And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.[↗](../../eateth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.14.47, JPS 1917) · But every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the holy thing of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from his people.[↗](../../eateth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.19.8, JPS 1917) **eaves** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The lower edges of a roof that stick out beyond the walls of a house.[↗](../../eaves/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Swallows built a nest under the eaves.[↗](../../eaves/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Icicles hung from the eaves all winter.[↗](../../eaves/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Rain dripped from the eaves of the old cottage.[↗](../../eaves/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The gutter along the eaves was full of leaves.[↗](../../eaves/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We sheltered from the shower under the eaves.[↗](../../eaves/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Wasps made a nest under the eaves of the shed.[↗](../../eaves/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “Do you know,” Peter asked “why swallows build in the eaves of houses?[↗](../../eaves/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **ebb** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To ebb is to flow back out, as the sea goes away from the shore.[↗](../../ebb/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To ebb is to get less and less, to drain away slowly.[↗](../../ebb/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The ebb is the time when the tide is going out.[↗](../../ebb/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The tide began to ebb at noon.[↗](../../ebb/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sea ebbed away from the rocks.[↗](../../ebb/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her strength ebbed as the day went on.[↗](../../ebb/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We walked on the sand while the ebb was low.[↗](../../ebb/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **ebbing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ebbing means going back out, getting less.[↗](../../ebbing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An ebbing tide is a sea going out from the shore.[↗](../../ebbing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ebbing tide left shells on the beach.[↗](../../ebbing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her fear was ebbing away.[↗](../../ebbing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The boat floated on the ebbing sea.[↗](../../ebbing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **ebn** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A spelling of "Ibn", meaning "son of" in Arabic names.[↗](../../ebn/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I must not omit to mention two other Hebrew commentaries, one by Judah Halevi, and the other by Ebn Ezra, who lived in the first part of the twelfth century.[↗](../../ebn/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../ebn/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **ebony** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ebony is a very hard, dark black wood.[↗](../../ebony/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Ebony means very black, like the wood.[↗](../../ebony/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The chopsticks were made of ebony.[↗](../../ebony/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her hair was as black as ebony.[↗](../../ebony/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The piano keys were ebony and ivory.[↗](../../ebony/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The men of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand; they brought thee as tribute horns of ivory and ebony.[↗](../../ebony/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.27.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ebony/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **eccentric** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An eccentric person behaves in an unusual, strange but usually harmless way.[↗](../../eccentric/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) An eccentric is such a person.[↗](../../eccentric/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (maths/science) Eccentric describes a circle or orbit that is not centred, or an oval path.[↗](../../eccentric/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our neighbour is a bit eccentric — he walks his cat on a lead.[↗](../../eccentric/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The eccentric inventor built a flying bicycle.[↗](../../eccentric/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She wears eccentric hats.[↗](../../eccentric/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The village was full of lovable eccentrics.[↗](../../eccentric/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The professor had eccentric habits.[↗](../../eccentric/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some planets have an eccentric orbit.[↗](../../eccentric/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Many of them were very aged; lonely old boys, with strange thoughts and eccentric habits.[↗](../../eccentric/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **ecclesiastic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An ecclesiastic is a person in the church, such as a priest or monk.[↗](../../ecclesiastic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Ecclesiastic means to do with the church (formal).[↗](../../ecclesiastic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ecclesiastic blessed the new church.[↗](../../ecclesiastic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The ecclesiastic read from the old book.[↗](../../ecclesiastic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ecclesiastic building was very tall.[↗](../../ecclesiastic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **ecclesiastical** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Connected with the Christian church or its clergy (priests, ministers, bishops): «ecclesiastical buildings», «ecclesiastical law».[↗](../../ecclesiastical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bishop wore his ecclesiastical robes.[↗](../../ecclesiastical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum has a room of ecclesiastical silver.[↗](../../ecclesiastical/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old church is a fine example of ecclesiastical architecture.[↗](../../ecclesiastical/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the past, ecclesiastical courts judged church matters.[↗](../../ecclesiastical/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The library holds many ecclesiastical records.[↗](../../ecclesiastical/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ecclesiastical music filled the cathedral.[↗](../../ecclesiastical/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ecg** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Short for electrocardiogram: a medical test that records the electrical signals of the heart as a wavy line.[↗](../../ecg/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The machine that does this test (electrocardiograph).[↗](../../ecg/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The doctor gave Grandad an ECG to check his heart.[↗](../../ecg/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sticky pads are put on your chest for an ECG.[↗](../../ecg/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ECG showed a normal heartbeat.[↗](../../ecg/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · An ECG does not hurt at all.[↗](../../ecg/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · On the screen, the ECG line went up and down with each beat.[↗](../../ecg/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Nurses read the ECG to see if the heart was beating normally.[↗](../../ecg/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **echidna** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An echidna is a small spiny animal from Australia and New Guinea that eats ants and termites with a long sticky tongue.[↗](../../echidna/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is one of the only mammals that lay eggs, together with the platypus.[↗](../../echidna/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In Greek myths, Echidna was a monster, half woman and half serpent.[↗](../../echidna/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* An echidna is covered in sharp spines.[↗](../../echidna/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The echidna curled up into a spiky ball.[↗](../../echidna/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Echidnas lay eggs, but they are still mammals.[↗](../../echidna/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It licks up ants with its long, sticky tongue.[↗](../../echidna/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A baby echidna is called a puggle.[↗](../../echidna/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw an echidna crossing the bush track.[↗](../../echidna/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Echidnas live in Australia and New Guinea.[↗](../../echidna/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · \[48\] Echidna was a bloodthirsty monster, half maiden, half serpent.[↗](../../echidna/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **echo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An echo is a sound you hear again because it bounces back off a hard surface, like a cliff, a wall or the inside of a cave.[↗](../../echo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To echo means to come back as an echo, or for a place to be full of echoes.[↗](../../echo/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To echo someone means to repeat what they said, or to agree with it.[↗](../../echo/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* An echo of something is a small reminder of it.[↗](../../echo/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We shouted «Hello!» in the cave and heard the echo.[↗](../../echo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our footsteps echoed in the empty hall.[↗](../../echo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bats use echoes to find insects in the dark.[↗](../../echo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sound bounced off the cliff and came back as an echo.[↗](../../echo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby echoed every word I said.[↗](../../echo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I echo what Sam said; it was a great trip.[↗](../../echo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Curtains help stop echoes in a room.[↗](../../echo/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The music echoed down the tunnel.[↗](../../echo/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “No, No, No!” repeated the echoes.[↗](../../echo/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/2/) **3** [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/4/) … [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/42/) - ← previous: [page 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/2/) - next →: [page 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/4/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)