Eagle
name, noun, verb ·Very common ·Middle school level
Definitions
- 1 Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
"I, I go my own way I swim against the stream Forever I will fight the pοwers that be The eagle flies alone"
- 2 An Eagle Scout.
- 3 any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight wordnet
- 4 A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States. US, historical
- 5 An advancement to the Eagle Scout rank.
"When will Roderick get his Eagle?"
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- 6 an emblem representing power wordnet
- 7 A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and circulated in England as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England. historical
- 8 a former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars wordnet
- 9 A score of two under par for a hole.
"I got an eagle in the third hole."
- 10 (golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole wordnet
- 1 To score an eagle.
- 2 shoot in two strokes under par wordnet
- 3 shoot two strokes under par wordnet
- 1 The Apollo Lunar Module of Apollo 11.
- 2 A surname transferred from the nickname, from the name of the bird as a byname. See eagle.
- 3 Any of a number of rivers in the United States and Canada.
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska.
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; A town, the county seat of Eagle County, Colorado.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A city in Ada County, Idaho.
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Mountain Township, Saline County, Illinois.
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; A township and village therein, in Clinton County, Michigan.
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Cass County, Nebraska.
- 10 A number of places in the United States:; A locality in Tabernacle Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.
- 11 A number of places in the United States:; A town and hamlet in Wyoming County, New York.
- 12 A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Upper Uwchlan Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
- 13 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
- 14 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Richland County, Wisconsin.
- 15 A number of places in the United States:; A town and village therein, in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
- 16 A number of places in the United States:; A number of other townships, in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (3), Kansas (2), Minnesota, and Ohio (3), listed under Eagle Township.
- 17 A village in Eagle and Swinethorpe parish, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8767).
Example
More examples"The eagle does not catch flies."
Etymology
From Middle English egle, from Anglo-Norman egle, from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila. Partially displaced native Middle English ern, earn, arn, from Old English earn (“eagle”). More at erne.
* As an English surname, from the noun eagle. * As an English surname of Norman origin, from L'Aigle in Orne, first attested in 1055 and from Latin aquila, itself meaning "eagle." * Also translated from names in other languages meaning "eagle," such as German Adler, Polish Orzeł, Orzel, Slovene Orel, Lakota waŋbli (compare Eagleman, Redeagle, Whiteeagle). * The name of the English village is believed to be from Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah: compare with Acle.
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