| even | | |
| n. (time) | 1. eve, even, evening, eventide | the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall).; "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake" |
| ~ daylight, daytime, day | the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside.; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime" |
| ~ guest night | an evening when members of a club or college can bring their friends as guests. |
| ~ sundown, sunset | the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon. |
| ~ crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight, fall | the time of day immediately following sunset.; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" |
| v. (contact) | 2. even, even out, flush, level | make level or straight.; "level the ground" |
| ~ change surface | undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface. |
| ~ grade | level to the right gradient. |
| ~ strickle, strike | smooth with a strickle.; "strickle the grain in the measure" |
| ~ strickle | level off with a strickle in a measuring container.; "strickle sand" |
| v. (change) | 3. even, even out | become even or more even.; "even out the surface" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (change) | 4. even, even out | make even or more even. |
| ~ regularise, regularize | make regular or more regular.; "regularize the heart beat with a pace maker" |
| ~ even, even out | become even or more even.; "even out the surface" |
| adj. | 5. even | divisible by two. |
| adj. | 6. even, fifty-fifty | equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced.; "even amounts of butter and sugar"; "on even terms"; "it was a fifty-fifty (or even) split"; "had a fifty-fifty (or even) chance"; "an even fight" |
| ~ equal | having the same quantity, value, or measure as another.; "on equal terms"; "all men are equal before the law" |
| adj. | 7. even | being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with).; "an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window" |
| ~ flat, level, plane | having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another.; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams" |
| ~ flatbottom, flatbottomed | having a flat bottom.; "a flatbottom kettle"; "a flatbottomed boat" |
| ~ flush | of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane.; "a door flush with the wall"; "the bottom of the window is flush with the floor" |
| ~ justified | having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins. |
| ~ lap-jointed | jointed so as to produce a flush surface. |
| ~ straight-grained | of timber; having fibers that run in parallel. |
| ~ level | oriented at right angles to the plumb.; "the picture is level" |
| ~ straight, true | accurately fitted; level.; "the window frame isn't quite true" |
| ~ smooth | having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities.; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror" |
| ~ steady | not subject to change or variation especially in behavior.; "a steady beat"; "a steady job"; "a steady breeze"; "a steady increase"; "a good steady ballplayer" |
| adj. | 8. even, regular | symmetrically arranged.; "even features"; "regular features"; "a regular polygon" |
| ~ symmetric, symmetrical | having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts. |
| adj. | 9. even, regular | occurring at fixed intervals.; "a regular beat"; "the even rhythm of his breathing" |
| ~ steady | not subject to change or variation especially in behavior.; "a steady beat"; "a steady job"; "a steady breeze"; "a steady increase"; "a good steady ballplayer" |
| adj. | 10. even, level, tied | of the score in a contest.; "the score is tied" |
| ~ equal | having the same quantity, value, or measure as another.; "on equal terms"; "all men are equal before the law" |
| adv. | 11. even | used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected.; "even an idiot knows that"; "declined even to consider the idea"; "I don't have even a dollar!" |
| adv. | 12. even | in spite of; notwithstanding.; "even when he is sick, he works"; "even with his head start she caught up with him" |
| adv. | 13. even, still, yet | to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons.; "looked sick and felt even worse"; "an even (or still) more interesting problem"; "still another problem must be solved"; "a yet sadder tale" |
| adv. | 14. even | to the full extent.; "loyal even unto death" |
| grunt | | |
| n. (event) | 1. grunt, oink | the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs. |
| ~ noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound).; "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" |
| n. (person) | 2. grunt | an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker.; "infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts"; "he went from grunt to chairman in six years" |
| ~ unskilled person | a person who lacks technical training. |
| n. (animal) | 3. grunt | medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught. |
| ~ percoid, percoid fish, percoidean | any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes. |
| ~ family haemulidae, haemulidae | grunts. |
| ~ haemulon album, margate | a grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to Brazil. |
| ~ haemulon macrostomum, spanish grunt | a kind of grunt. |
| ~ haemulon aurolineatum, tomtate | found off the West Indies and Florida. |
| ~ cottonwick, haemulon malanurum | of warm Atlantic waters. |
| ~ haemulon parra, sailors choice, sailor's-choice | a grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico. |
| ~ anisotremus virginicus, pork-fish, porkfish | black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil. |
| ~ anisotremus surinamensis, black margate, pompon | dusky grey food fish found from Louisiana and Florida southward. |
| ~ orthopristis chrysopterus, hogfish, pigfish | found from Long Island southward. |
| v. (communication) | 4. grunt | issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise.; "He grunted his reluctant approval" |
| ~ let loose, let out, utter, emit | express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words).; "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" |
| rank and file | | |
| n. (group) | 1. rank, rank and file | the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army).; "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel" |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ personnel, force | group of people willing to obey orders.; "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens" |
| ~ enlisted man | a male enlisted person in the armed forces. |
| n. (group) | 2. rank and file | people who constitute the main body of any group. |
| ~ people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively.; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" |
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