--- title: E — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 7 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/7/) [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 7 [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/) … [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/6/) **7** [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/8/) … [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/42/) **egg** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An egg is the round or oval thing a hen lays, which people eat.[↗](../../egg/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An egg is what birds, fish, frogs, insects and reptiles lay; their babies grow inside.[↗](../../egg/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An egg is also a chocolate egg at Easter.[↗](../../egg/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* 26 eggs are packed in boxes of 6.[↗](../../egg/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum buys 3 dozen eggs.[↗](../../egg/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mia had 12 eggs and broke 2.[↗](../../egg/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The hen laid an egg this morning.[↗](../../egg/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Frogs lay hundreds of eggs in ponds.[↗](../../egg/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I like a boiled egg for breakfast.[↗](../../egg/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The chicks hatched from their eggs.[↗](../../egg/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Crack two eggs into the bowl.[↗](../../egg/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "A cock can lay an egg\![↗](../../egg/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, and warmeth them in dust, (Writings JOB.39.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../egg/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · They hatch basilisks' eggs, and weave the spider's web; he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.[↗](../../egg/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.59.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../egg/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **egghead** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, often mocking) A very clever person who is interested in study and ideas, sometimes seen as out of touch with real life.[↗](../../egghead/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, friendly) A brainy person, a «brainbox».[↗](../../egghead/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* (informal) My brother is a real egghead who reads encyclopaedias for fun.[↗](../../egghead/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) The eggheads at the university solved the puzzle.[↗](../../egghead/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The quiz show «Eggheads» has a team of very clever people.[↗](../../egghead/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) Don't call him an egghead just because he likes maths.[↗](../../egghead/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) The film's hero is a shy egghead who saves the day.[↗](../../egghead/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) «Ask the egghead in our class,» joked Sam, pointing at Priya.[↗](../../egghead/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **eggshell** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An eggshell is the hard thin outside cover of an egg, which breaks easily.[↗](../../eggshell/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Eggshell is a very pale off-white colour, like the inside of an egg's shell.[↗](../../eggshell/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Eggshell paint is paint with a soft, slightly shiny finish.[↗](../../eggshell/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Walking on eggshells» means being very careful not to upset someone who gets angry or hurt easily.[↗](../../eggshell/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She picked a bit of eggshell out of the pancake batter.[↗](../../eggshell/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We put the eggshells in the compost bin.[↗](../../eggshell/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The chick pecked its way out of the eggshell.[↗](../../eggshell/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We soaked an egg in vinegar until the eggshell disappeared.[↗](../../eggshell/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum painted the hall in eggshell white.[↗](../../eggshell/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone was walking on eggshells after the big argument.[↗](../../eggshell/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · An eggshell is mostly made of calcium.[↗](../../eggshell/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · You can grow cress seeds in an empty eggshell.[↗](../../eggshell/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · As soon as the water started to boil--tac!--he broke the eggshell.[↗](../../eggshell/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **ego** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Your ego is the sense of who you are and how important you feel yourself to be.[↗](../../ego/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Ego can mean too much pride in yourself.[↗](../../ego/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* His ego was hurt when he lost the race.[↗](../../ego/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She has a big ego.[↗](../../ego/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He felt his ego slipping away from him.[↗](../../ego/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **egress** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Egress is a way out of a place; an exit (formal).[↗](../../egress/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The room had only one egress.[↗](../../egress/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Smoke found an egress through a crack.[↗](../../egress/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fire escape gave us egress from the building.[↗](../../egress/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **egyptian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Coming from or to do with Egypt, a country in north-east Africa.[↗](../../egyptian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person from Egypt.[↗](../../egyptian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To do with ancient Egypt: pharaohs, pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphs.[↗](../../egyptian/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (Bible) In the Bible, the Egyptians were the people who kept the Israelites as slaves until Moses led them out.[↗](../../egyptian/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ancient Egyptians built huge pyramids.[↗](../../egyptian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We made Egyptian masks in art class.[↗](../../egyptian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend's mum is Egyptian.[↗](../../egyptian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Egyptian writing used pictures called hieroglyphs.[↗](../../egyptian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Egyptian army chased the Israelites to the Red Sea.[↗](../../egyptian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Egyptian fractions are written as sums of fractions with 1 on top.[↗](../../egyptian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · You already look like an Egyptian doctor, at least in my eyes."[↗](../../egyptian/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, making sport.[↗](../../egyptian/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.21.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../egyptian/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore unto Abraham.[↗](../../egyptian/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.25.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../egyptian/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Now Sarai Abram's wife bore him no children; and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.[↗](../../egyptian/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.16.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../egyptian/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.[↗](../../egyptian/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.2.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../egyptian/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they gave him water to drink; (Prophets 1SA.30.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../egyptian/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria; and the Egyptians shall worship with the Assyrians.[↗](../../egyptian/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.19.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../egyptian/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **eider** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An eider is a large sea duck.[↗](../../eider/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Eider-down is the very soft feathers of this duck, used to fill quilts.[↗](../../eider/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She slept under a warm eider-down quilt.[↗](../../eider/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The eider ducks swam in the bay.[↗](../../eider/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bed had twenty eider-down quilts.[↗](../../eider/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **eight** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Eight is the number 8, one more than seven.[↗](../../eight/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Eight is the count of legs on a spider and of arms on an octopus.[↗](../../eight/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She has eight pencils.[↗](../../eight/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Eight children came to the party.[↗](../../eight/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A spider has eight legs.[↗](../../eight/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Eight times three is twenty-four.[↗](../../eight/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · School starts at eight o'clock.[↗](../../eight/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · An octagon has eight sides.[↗](../../eight/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother is eight years old.[↗](../../eight/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Half of eight is four.[↗](../../eight/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Bethuel begot Rebekah; these eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.[↗](../../eight/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.22.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eight/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jared lived after he begot Enoch eight hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.[↗](../../eight/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.5.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eight/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.[↗](../../eight/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.4.48, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eight/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.[↗](../../eight/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.2.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eight/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · The men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty and eight.[↗](../../eight/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.2.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eight/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.[↗](../../eight/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.7.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eight/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **eighteen** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Eighteen is the number 18, ten and eight.[↗](../../eighteen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In many countries, at eighteen you count as a grown-up.[↗](../../eighteen/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are eighteen students.[↗](../../eighteen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He is eighteen years old.[↗](../../eighteen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Eighteen apples were shared by 3.[↗](../../eighteen/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She paid eighteen dollars.[↗](../../eighteen/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A golf course has eighteen holes.[↗](../../eighteen/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Nine plus nine is eighteen.[↗](../../eighteen/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · You can vote at eighteen in many countries.[↗](../../eighteen/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "Eighteen dollars a year," said the man.[↗](../../eighteen/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.[↗](../../eighteen/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.14.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eighteen/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · It was apparently originally invented to represent the Assyrian-Babylonian language, which consisted of seventeen or eighteen sounds.[↗](../../eighteen/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../eighteen/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · It shall be eighteen thousand reeds round about.[↗](../../eighteen/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.48.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eighteen/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, valiant men, eighteen.[↗](../../eighteen/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.26.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eighteen/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.[↗](../../eighteen/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.3.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eighteen/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **eighteenth** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Coming next after the seventeenth in order; number 18 in a line or list.[↗](../../eighteenth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (fraction) One of eighteen equal parts of something: one eighteenth, written 1/18.[↗](../../eighteenth/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She finished eighteenth in the cross-country race.[↗](../../eighteenth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our house is the eighteenth on the left.[↗](../../eighteenth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin is having a big party for her eighteenth.[↗](../../eighteenth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · One eighteenth of 36 is 2.[↗](../../eighteenth/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The golfer won on the eighteenth hole.[↗](../../eighteenth/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We read the eighteenth chapter last night.[↗](../../eighteenth/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In this way six years passed by, and his eighteenth birthday drew near.[↗](../../eighteenth/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez; (Writings 1CH.24.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eighteenth/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · For the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve; (Writings 1CH.25.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eighteenth/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.[↗](../../eighteenth/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.13.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eighteenth/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **eightfold** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Eight times as much or as many: «The price rose eightfold.».[↗](../../eightfold/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Having eight parts.[↗](../../eightfold/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Buddhism) The Noble Eightfold Path is the Buddha's teaching of eight ways to live well: right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness and right concentration.[↗](../../eightfold/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Buddhists follow the Noble Eightfold Path.[↗](../../eightfold/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Eightfold Path is drawn as a wheel with eight spokes.[↗](../../eightfold/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The number of visitors grew eightfold.[↗](../../eightfold/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If 3 grows eightfold, you get 24.[↗](../../eightfold/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Buddha taught the Eightfold Path after his enlightenment.[↗](../../eightfold/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class made a poster of the eightfold path.[↗](../../eightfold/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **eighth** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Eighth means number 8 in order, after the seventh.[↗](../../eighth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An eighth is one of eight equal parts of something: 1/8.[↗](../../eighth/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My sister is having her eighth birthday party.[↗](../../eighth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We live on the eighth floor.[↗](../../eighth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cut the cake into eighths.[↗](../../eighth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · One eighth of 40 is 5.[↗](../../eighth/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Three eighths of the class walk to school.[↗](../../eighth/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He finished eighth in the race.[↗](../../eighth/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · August is the eighth month of the year.[↗](../../eighth/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Two eighths equal one quarter.[↗](../../eighth/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · So on the eighth day, at five minutes before noon, Nigel got ready.[↗](../../eighth/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.[↗](../../eighth/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.12.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eighth/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · On the eighth day Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh: (Torah NUM.7.54, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eighth/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no manner of servile work; (Torah NUM.29.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eighth/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth; (Writings 1CH.12.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eighth/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah; (Writings 1CH.24.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eighth/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · The eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; (Writings 1CH.25.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eighth/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **eightieth** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The ordinal number for 80: coming after the seventy-ninth and before the eighty-first.[↗](../../eightieth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* One of 80 equal parts of something (1/80).[↗](../../eightieth/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Granny had a big party for her eightieth birthday.[↗](../../eightieth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He finished in eightieth place out of 200 runners.[↗](../../eightieth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · This year is the eightieth anniversary of our school.[↗](../../eightieth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · One eightieth of 160 is 2.[↗](../../eightieth/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The eightieth page of my book has a map.[↗](../../eightieth/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Written in figures, eightieth is 80th.[↗](../../eightieth/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **eighty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Eighty is the number 80, eight tens.[↗](../../eighty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The book has eighty pages.[↗](../../eighty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Eighty people came.[↗](../../eighty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He drove eighty miles.[↗](../../eighty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Eighty is ten times eight.[↗](../../eighty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My great-grandmother is eighty years old.[↗](../../eighty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Eighty minus twenty is sixty.[↗](../../eighty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She got eighty percent on the test.[↗](../../eighty/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · For the last eighty years I have dug up the ground here without discovering anything.[↗](../../eighty/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begot Lamech.[↗](../../eighty/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.5.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eighty/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begot a son.[↗](../../eighty/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.5.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eighty/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Methuselah lived after he begot Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begot sons and daughters.[↗](../../eighty/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.5.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eighty/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **einstein** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Albert Einstein was a famous German-born scientist who studied light, time, gravity and energy, and is known for the idea E = mc².[↗](../../einstein/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, often joking) An Einstein is a very clever person; said sarcastically, it means someone has done something silly.[↗](../../einstein/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Einstein showed that time can pass at different speeds.[↗](../../einstein/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His famous idea is written E = mc².[↗](../../einstein/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · You don't need to be an Einstein to solve this puzzle.[↗](../../einstein/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Nice one, Einstein,» said my brother when I locked us out.[↗](../../einstein/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Einstein loved playing the violin.[↗](../../einstein/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class made a poster about Einstein and light.[↗](../../einstein/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **either** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Either means one or the other of two: you can have either an apple or a pear.[↗](../../either/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Either also means each of two, both: there are trees on either side of the road.[↗](../../either/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* After «not», either means also.[↗](../../either/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I do not like it, and she does not either.[↗](../../either/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* You can pick either 2 red or 3 blue marbles.[↗](../../either/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Either ticket costs $5.[↗](../../either/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She did not like either book.[↗](../../either/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Which costs less, either way?[↗](../../either/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There are lamps on either side of the door.[↗](../../either/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · You can sit on either chair.[↗](../../either/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I cannot swim, and my brother cannot either.[↗](../../either/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Either we take the bus or we walk.[↗](../../either/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.[↗](../../either/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.22.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../either/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream of the night, and said unto him: 'Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.'[↗](../../either/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../either/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing too long or too short, that mayest thou offer for a freewill-offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.[↗](../../either/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.22.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../either/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God: ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.'[↗](../../either/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.7.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../either/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And he shall not regard the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall he look to that which his fingers have made, either the Asherim, or the sun-images.[↗](../../either/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.17.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../either/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · that this shall be no stumbling-block unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood without cause, or that my lord hath found redress for himself.[↗](../../either/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.25.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../either/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **ejaculate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To cry out something suddenly, in surprise or excitement.[↗](../../ejaculate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "What in the world?" ejaculated Hercules.[↗](../../ejaculate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "Wan!" he ejaculated, pointing his long ears.[↗](../../ejaculate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer ejaculated when he saw the giant.[↗](../../ejaculate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **eject** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To push or throw something out with force.[↗](../../eject/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To make someone leave a place, often by force.[↗](../../eject/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To take a disc, cartridge or memory stick out of a machine, or to tell a computer you are removing it.[↗](../../eject/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (of a pilot) To escape from a plane by being shot out in a special seat.[↗](../../eject/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Press the button to eject the disc.[↗](../../eject/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Always eject the memory stick before pulling it out.[↗](../../eject/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The volcano ejected hot rocks and ash.[↗](../../eject/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The pilot ejected just before the plane crashed.[↗](../../eject/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Security ejected the rowdy fan from the stadium.[↗](../../eject/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The toaster ejected the bread with a pop.[↗](../../eject/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The referee ejected the player for fighting.[↗](../../eject/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) … [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/6/) **7** [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/8/) … [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/42/) - ← previous: [page 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/6/) - next →: [page 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/8/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)