English Online Dictionary. What means easter? What does easter mean?
English
Etymology
From Old English eastera, eastra. Compare norther, souther, wester.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈiː.stə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈi.stəɹ/
- Rhymes: -iːstə(ɹ)
Adjective
easter (comparative more easter, superlative most easter)
- (now dialectal) Eastern. [from 8th c.]
- comparative form of east: more east
Derived terms
- easterly
- Easter Ross
Related terms
- wester
- down-easter
Noun
easter (plural easters)
- A strong easterly wind (a wind blowing from the east).
Derived terms
Verb
easter (third-person singular simple present easters, present participle eastering, simple past and past participle eastered)
- To move toward the east.
- 1940(?), Thomas Allen, The Journals of Sir Thomas Allin, 1660-1678:
- At 5 the wind eastered and came E. by N., that we went 2 knots […] .
References
- “easter”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
Anagrams
- teares, eaters, Eastre, teresa, Teresa, asteer, saeter, reseat, teaser, Teares, aretes, steare, seater, arsete, ratees, Trease, arêtes, Seater, sæter, earset, Taseer, staree