Eight

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The cardinal number equal to 7 + 1.
  • n. The eighth in a set or sequence.
  • n. Something having eight parts, units, or members, especially:
  • n. Sports An eight-oared racing shell.
  • n. An eight-cylinder engine or motor vehicle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.
  • n. Describing a set or group with eight components.
  • n. The digit/figure 8.
  • n. Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
  • n. A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which a eight rowers each have two oars
  • n. A race in which such craft participate
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An island in a river; an ait.
  • adj. Seven and one.
  • n. The number greater by a unit than seven; eight units or objects.
  • n. A symbol representing eight units, as 8 or viii.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • One more than seven: a cardinal numeral.
  • n. A number, the sum of seven and one.
  • n. A symbol representing eight units, as 8, or VIII; or viii; hence, a curved outline in the shape of the figure 8.
  • n. A playing-card having eight spots or pips.
  • n. An obsolete spelling of ait.
  • n. In meter, in lines of eight syllables.
  • n. In companies or ‘teams’ of eight.
  • n. In printing, containing eight pages only: said of a type-form or a printed and folded sheet.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
  • n. one of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face
  • n. a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life
  • adj. being one more than seven
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