'Eastern' definitions:
Definition of 'eastern'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Lying toward or situated in the east; "the eastern end of the island"
adjective
Of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States; "the Eastern establishment" [ant: western]
adjective
Lying in or toward the east; "the east side of New York"; "eastern cities" [syn: easterly, eastern]
adjective
Relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world; "Eastern Europe"; "the Eastern religions" [ant: western]
adjective
From the east; used especially of winds; "an eastern wind"; "the winds are easterly" [syn: easterly, eastern]
Definition of 'Eastern'
From: GCIDE
- Eastern \East"ern\, a. [AS. e['a]stern.]
- 1. Situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries. [1913 Webster]
- Eastern churches first did Christ embrace. --Stirling. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Going toward the east, or in the direction of east; as, an eastern voyage. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Eastern'
- easterner,
- Eastern Church,
- Eastern camass,
- Eastern cammass,
- eastern cardinal,
- eastern catholicism,
- eastern chimpanzee,
- eastern chinquapin,
- eastern chipmunk,
- eastern cottontail,
- eastern cottonwood,
- eastern dasyure,
- eastern desert,
- eastern hemisphere,
- eastern hemlock,
- eastern highlands,
- eastern kingbird,
- eastern meadowlark,
- eastern orthodox,
- eastern pipistrel,
- eastern samoa,
- eastern sioux,
- eastern spruce,
- eastern time,
- eastern turki,
- eastern woodrat,
- middle eastern,
- eastern coral snake,
- eastern cricket frog,
- eastern fence lizard,
- eastern flowering dogwood,
- eastern fox squirrel,
- eastern gray squirrel,
- eastern grey squirrel,
- eastern ground snake,
- eastern hop hornbeam,
- eastern indigo snake,
- eastern lowland gorilla,
- eastern orthodox church,
- eastern pasque flower,
- eastern poison oak,
- eastern red cedar,
- eastern roman empire,
- eastern silvery aster,
- eastern standard time,
- eastern united states,
- eastern white pine,
- eastern malayo-polynesian,
- The Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Eastern Church,
- eastern narrow-mouthed toad,
- eastern red-backed salamander,
- islamic great eastern raiders-front