east : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the former British territories of eastern Africa, including Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar
  

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• noun the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
  eastward; east; E.
  

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• noun a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions
  Republic of Indonesia; Indonesia.
  

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• noun a geographical area in eastern Africa
  

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• adjective of or relating to or located in East Africa
  

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• noun tropical African timber tree with fragrant wood
  Juniperus procera.
  

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• noun a region of eastern England that was formerly a kingdom
  

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• noun the compass point that is one point north of due east
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• according to the notation of the mariner's compass, that point which lies 11 to the north or south, respectively, of the point due east.

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• noun the compass point that is one point south of due east
  EbS.
  

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• noun a group of Chadic languages spoken in Chad
  

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• noun part of the Pacific Ocean near eastern Asia
  

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• noun the eastern seaboard of the United States (especially the strip between Boston and Washington D.C.)
  

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• noun a native or inhabitant of the former republic of East Germany
  
• adjective relating to or characteristic of East Germany
  
  • East German spies

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• noun an extinct branch of the Germanic languages
  East Germanic.
  

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• noun an extinct branch of the Germanic languages
  East Germanic.
  

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• noun a republic in north central Europe on the Baltic; established by the Soviet Union in 1954; reunified with West Germany in 1990
  German Democratic Republic.
  

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• noun a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia
  East India; Malay Archipelago.
  

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• noun an English company formed in 1600 to develop trade with the new British colonies in India and southeastern Asia; in the 18th century it assumed administrative control of Bengal and held it until the British army took over in 1858 after the Indian Mutiny
  

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• noun reddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus and used in medicine and tanning etc
  Malabar kino; kino gum.
  

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• noun East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood
  Dalbergia latifolia; East India rosewood; Indian rosewood; Indian blackwood.
  

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• noun a native or inhabitant of the East Indies
  
• adjective of or relating to or located in the East Indies
  

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East" In"di*an

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1. Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies. -- n. A native of, or a dweller in, the East Indies.

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• noun East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
  banyan; Indian banyan; banyan tree; banian tree; banian; Ficus bengalensis.
  

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• noun tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand
  coffee rose; crepe jasmine; crepe gardenia; Nero's crown; crape jasmine; Tabernaemontana divaricate; pinwheel flower; Adam's apple.
  

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• noun East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood
  Dalbergia latifolia; East India rosewood; Indian rosewood; Indian blackwood.
  

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• noun a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia
  East India; Malay Archipelago.
  

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• noun the part of Malaysia that is on the island of Borneo
  

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• noun the dialect of Middle English that replaced West Saxon as the literary language and which developed into Modern English
  

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• noun the compass point midway between northeast and east
  ENE.
  

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• noun a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south; formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it achieved independence in 1971
  People's Republic of Bangladesh; Bangladesh; Bangla Desh.
  

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• adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Bangladesh or its people or language
  Bangladeshi.
  
  • Bangladeshi dialects

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• noun a tidal strait separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn
  

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• noun a town in southwest Illinois on the Mississippi across from Saint Louis
  

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• noun an arm of the Pacific between China and Japan
  Sea of Japan.
  

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• noun the side that is on the east
  

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• noun the compass point midway between east and southeast
  ESE.
  

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• noun a county in southern England on the English Channel
  

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• noun a former Portuguese colony that was annexed by Indonesia in 1976; voted for independence from Indonesia in 1999 and in May 2002 became an independent nation
  

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• noun a dialect of Tocharian
  Turfan; Turfan dialect.
  

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• noun a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang; declared by China in 2001 to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression
  East Turkestan Islamic Movement.
  

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• noun a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang; declared by China in 2001 to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression
  East Turkestan Islamic Movement.
  

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• noun a wind from the east
  easter; easterly.
  

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• adjective satellite of a region of the United States generally including Kentucky, West Virginia
  

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East`-in"su*lar adjective

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1. Relating to the Eastern Islands; East Indian. R. Ogilvie.

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• that which lie 22 to the north or south of east, or half way between east and northeast or southeast, respectively. See Illust. of Compass.

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• noun a resident of the east side of Manhattan in New York City
  

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• noun in a direction parallel with lines of latitude
  

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• noun the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development of countries in Asia and the Far East
  

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• noun a popular expression for the countries of eastern Asia (usually including China and Mongolia and Taiwan and Japan and Korea and Indochina and eastern Siberia)
  

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• noun the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century
  Mideast; Middle East.
  
  • the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization

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• noun the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century
  Mideast; Middle East.
  
  • the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization

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• noun the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees
  NE; northeast; northeastward.
  
• adverb to, toward, or in the northeast
  northeast; nor'-east.
  

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• noun the compass point that is midway between north and northeast
  north northeast; NNE.
  
• adverb to, toward, or in the north-northeast
  north-northeast.
  

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• noun the compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north
  NbE.
  

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• adverb to, toward, or in the northeast
  northeast; nor'-east.
  

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• noun the compass point that is one point east of northeast
  NEbE.
  

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• noun the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees
  southeast; southeastward; SE.
  
• adverb to, toward, or in the southeast
  southeast; sou'-east.
  

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• noun the compass point midway between south and southeast
  SSE; south southeast.
  
• adverb to, toward, or in the south southeast
  south-southeast.
  

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• noun the compass point that is one point east of due south
  SbE.
  

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• adverb to, toward, or in the southeast
  southeast; sou'-east.
  

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• noun the compass point that is one point east of southeast
  SEbE.
  

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