"easter" meaning in All languages combined

See easter on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈiː.stə/ [UK], /ˈi.stəɹ/ [US] Audio: en-us-easter.ogg [US] Forms: more easter [comparative], most easter [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːstə(ɹ) Etymology: Old English eastera, eastra. Compare norther, souther, wester. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|eastera}} Old English eastera, {{m|ang|eastra}} eastra, {{m|en|norther}} norther, {{m|en|souther}} souther, {{m|en|wester}} wester Head templates: {{en-adj}} easter (comparative more easter, superlative most easter)
  1. (now dialectal) Eastern. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-easter-en-adj-P~05H-E7
  2. comparative form of east: more east Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: east (extra: more east)
    Sense id: en-easter-en-adj-ZDIt7~RO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: easterly, Easter Ross Related terms: wester, down-easter

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈiː.stə/ [UK], /ˈi.stəɹ/ [US] Audio: en-us-easter.ogg [US] Forms: easters [plural]
Rhymes: -iːstə(ɹ) Etymology: Old English eastera, eastra. Compare norther, souther, wester. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|eastera}} Old English eastera, {{m|ang|eastra}} eastra, {{m|en|norther}} norther, {{m|en|souther}} souther, {{m|en|wester}} wester Head templates: {{en-noun}} easter (plural easters)
  1. A strong easterly wind (a wind blowing from the east).
    Sense id: en-easter-en-noun-jpSbbomU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 15 46 30

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈiː.stə/ [UK], /ˈi.stəɹ/ [US] Audio: en-us-easter.ogg [US] Forms: easters [present, singular, third-person], eastering [participle, present], eastered [participle, past], eastered [past]
Rhymes: -iːstə(ɹ) Etymology: Old English eastera, eastra. Compare norther, souther, wester. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|eastera}} Old English eastera, {{m|ang|eastra}} eastra, {{m|en|norther}} norther, {{m|en|souther}} souther, {{m|en|wester}} wester Head templates: {{en-verb}} easter (third-person singular simple present easters, present participle eastering, simple past and past participle eastered)
  1. To move toward the east.
    Sense id: en-easter-en-verb-QN3fQkRf

Inflected forms

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        "2": "wester"
      },
      "expansion": "wester",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Old English eastera, eastra. Compare norther, souther, wester.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "easters",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eastering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eastered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eastered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "easter (third-person singular simple present easters, present participle eastering, simple past and past participle eastered)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1871, Hunt's Yachting Magazine, page 265",
          "text": "Off Tilbury the Alcyone's topsail-yard was carried away just forward of the slings; she set a jib-headed one; at Thames Haven the wind eastered ...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1940(?), Thomas Allen, The Journals of Sir Thomas Allin, 1660-1678",
          "text": "At 5 the wind eastered and came E. by N., that we went 2 knots […] ."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move toward the east."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈiː.stə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.stəɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːstə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-easter.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c8/En-us-easter.ogg/En-us-easter.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/En-us-easter.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "easter"
}

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