eve

Definition

  • n. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
  • n. the day before
  • n. the period immediately before something

Word forms

Plural
eves

Example sentences

  1. n.

    We always have a big dinner on Christmas Eve with our family.