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east
has definitions from the field of geography
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[ adjective ] situated in or facing or moving toward the east
Used in print (Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)Service running through Barnumville and to Bennington_County towns east of the mountains was in the hands of the `` Gleason_Telephone_Company '' in 1925 , but major supervision of telephone_lines in Manchester was with the New_England_Telephone_and_Telegraph_Company , which eventually gained all control . In November 1900 surveying was done under John_Marsden on the east mountains to ascertain if it would be possible to get sufficient water and fall to operate an electric power_plant . (Howard Fast, April Morning....)We ran east for about half a mile before we turned_back to the road , panting from the effort and soaked with sweat . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)Along Wappinger_Creek in Dutchess_County , past the white church at Fishkill , past Verplanck_'s_Point on the east bank of the Hudson , to the white salt crusted roads of the Long_Island_Rockaways there was a watching and an activity of preparing_for something explosive to happen . |
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[ noun ] the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
Used in print (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)From the east to the west coast of the Korean_peninsula was a strip of land in which fear filled men were at that same moment furtively crawling through the night , sitting in sweaty anticipation of any movement or sound , or shouting amidst confused rifle flashes and muzzle blasts . (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)The peddler came bawling his wares and told them of the convention in Wheeling , Which had formed a new state_government by declaring the government at Richmond in the east illegal because they were traitors . (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)He 'd come East for the christening , by_God he would . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (geography) the countries of Asia
Synonyms Used in print ("Editorials"...)In all the bitter in-fighting , the squabbles over election procedures , the complicated numbers_game that East and West played on the assistant secretaries ' theme , the gentleman from Burma showed himself both as a man of principle and a skilled diplomat . (Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)We shall not be able entirely to pass_over these connections to the East as we consider Ripe_Geometric pottery , the epic and the myth , and the religious evolution of early Greece ; the important point , however , is that these magnificent achievements , unlike those of later decades , were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models . |
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[ noun ] (geography) the region of the United States lying north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River
Synonyms Used in print (Arlin Turner, "William Faulkner, Southern Novelist"...)Thorpe came to Louisiana from the East as a young man prepared to find in the new country the setting of romantic adventure and idealized beauty . (87th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record....)`` The logic of creating a strong , balanced , competitive two system railroad service in the East is so obvious that B._+_O. was publicly committed to the approach outlined here . Related terms geographical_area US Southeast Northeast Potomac Appalachians Alleghenies eastern |
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[ adverb ] to, toward, or in the east
Examples "we travelled east for several miles" Used in print (James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)North and south , east and west , back_and_forth he sailed in the land-locked bay , plowing furiously forward until land appeared , then turning to repeat the process , day_after_day , week_after_week . |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 2620
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