evener Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective divisible by two
    even.
  2. adjective satellite equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced
    even; fifty-fifty.
    • 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
  3. adjective 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)
    even.
    • an even application of varnish
    • an even floor
    • the road was not very even
    • the picture is even with the window
  4. adjective satellite symmetrically arranged
    even; regular.
    • even features
    • regular features
    • a regular polygon
  5. adjective satellite occurring at fixed intervals
    even; regular.
    • a regular beat
    • the even rhythm of his breathing
  6. adjective satellite of the score in a contest
    even; tied; level.
    • the score is tied

WordNet


E"ven*er noun
Definitions
  1. One who, or that which makes even.
  2. In vehicles, a swinging crossbar, to the ends of which other crossbars, or whiffletrees, are hung, to equalize the draught when two or three horses are used abreast.

Webster 1913