evening Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
    even; eventide; eve.
    • he enjoyed the evening light across the lake
  2. noun a later concluding time period
    • it was the evening of the Roman Empire
  3. noun the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way
    • an evening at the opera
  4. verb make level or straight
    even; even out; level; flush.
    • level the ground
  5. verb become even or more even
    even; even out.
    • even out the surface
  6. verb make even or more even
    even; even out.

WordNet

E"ven*ing noun
Etymology
AS. æfnung. See even, n., and cf. Eve.
Definitions
  1. The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sum.
    In the ascending scale Of heaven, the stars that usher evening rose. Milton.
    ✍ Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the United States, the afternoon is called evening. Bartlett.
  2. The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as of strength or glory. ✍ Sometimes used adjectively; as, evening gun. "Evening Prayer." Shak.

Webster 1913