Encyclo - De online Nederlandstalige encyclopedieën in één oogopslag
Encyclopedia Sources Categories About Encyclo
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Index
Agriculture and Industry
Animals and Nature
Architecture and Buildings
Arts
Business and Law
Earth and Environment
Economy and Finance
Education
Electronics and Engineering
Film and Animation
Food and Drink
General
General technical and industrial
Government and organisations
Health and Medicine
History and Culture
Hobbies and Crafts
Language and Literature
Legal
Management
Mathematics and statistics
Meteorology and astronomy
Military and Defence
Music and Sound
People and society
Sciences
Sport and Leisure
Technical and IT
Travel and Transportation

Look up: Eager

  1. eager
    [adj] - having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Eager
    Ea"ger adjective [ Middle English egre sharp, sour, eager, Old French agre , aigre , French aigre , from Latin acer sharp, sour, spirited, zealous; akin to Greek ... highest, extreme, Sanskrit a...ra point; from a root signifying to be sharp . Confer Acrid , Edge .] 1. Sharp; sour; acid. [ Obsolete] "Like eager droppi …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/1

  3. Eager
    Ea"ger noun Same as Eagre .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/1

  4. eager
    1. Sharp; sour; acid. "Like eager droppings into milk." ... 2. Sharp; keen; bitter; severe. "A nipping and an eager air." "Eager words." ... 3. Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase. "And gazed …
    Found on http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?e

  5. eager
    adjective having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy; `eager to learn`; `eager to travel abroad`; `eager for success`; `eager helpers`; `an eager look`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  6. Eager
    `Eager` was a band initially created by Patrick Andrew of the band PFR. In 1995, the members of PFR made the decision to break up the band, and to keep the decision unannounced until later in 1996 after the release of their next album (titled `Them`). Patrick began forming the new band with Greg Pope in 1995. Greg (also a songwriter) had been touring with PFR as a backup guitarist. To dispel rumors of a PFR-breakup, Patrick explained the new band...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eager

  7. Eager
    `Eager` was a band initially created by Patrick Andrew of the band PFR. In 1995, the members of PFR made the decision to break up the band, and to keep the decision unannounced until later in 1996 after the release of their next album (titled `Them`). Patrick began forming the new band with Greg Pope in 1995. Greg (also a songwriter) had been touring with PFR as a backup guitarist. To dispel rumors of a PFR-breakup, Patrick explained the new band...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eager

  8. Eager
    • (a.) Sharp; keen; bitter; severe. • (a.) Sharp; sour; acid. • (n.) Same as Eagre. • (a.) Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase. • (a.) Brittle; inflexible; not ducti...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

No exact matches found.
We are now searching for
• words containing `Eager`;
• Alternative spelling;
• Wider definitions.

One moment please...

5 December 2008

This day in history:
On 5th December 1872 a crewman on watch on board the British ship Dei Gratia sighted vessel that seemed to be in distress. Three seamen lowered the Dei Gratia's small boat and rowed across to the troubled craft to offer assistance. They hauled themselves over the ship's rails and dropped onto the deck; save for the sound of the wind in the sails and the eerie creaking of the ship's timbers, there was not a sound. The seamen searched the ship from stem to stern and found her to be in excellent condition, but there was not a soul on board. Her crew had disappeared. The name of the ship was Mary Celeste. read more

Encyclo in your browser

Encyclo in the search bar of your browser? Click for more info! Would you like to use Encyco more often? Add an (extra) search option to the search field of your browser. Installed in 3 seconds, easy to remove.
More info

What is Encyclo?

Encyclo is a search engine for terms and definitions. Hundreds of websites contain wordlists, each with their own speciality. Encyclo brings those lists together and makes searching for definitions a lot easier.

Statistics

Encyclo has been online since october 15th 2007. It currently contains 3,190,154 words from 953 sources. The words are listed in 32 categories.

Search

Type a word and press the `Search` button.
Quick search
Translate

To
Spelling checker
Synonyms
Merriam-Webster
Google Define

Recent searches

The most recent searches on Encyclo. Between brackets you will find the number of results and number of related results.
polycrylic sealer (1/40)
hobonichi (1/1)
sodality (5/1)
annis (2/15)
rack rent (9/2)
kesara (1/40)
Zeon (3/3)
majin (2/7)
stomatodeum (2/5)
Upper triangular matrix (2/)
spectre (12/9)
vmu 2 (1/4)
kalinga (2/17)
Hwang ho (3/40)
erythema palmare hereditarium (2/)
ISO 7001 (2/18)
oais (1/1)
Andela (1/40)
Vincent Carter (2/40)
EMDRIA (1/5)

© Encyclo 2008
Contact