Even vs. Keel

Evenadjective

Flat and level.

Evenadjective

Without great variation.

Evenadjective

Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.

Evenadjective

Divisible by two.

Evenadjective

(of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.

Evenadjective

On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.

Evenadjective

(colloquial) On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.

Evenadjective

parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.

Evenadjective

(obsolete) Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.

Evenadjective

(obsolete) Associate; fellow; of the same condition.

Evenverb

(transitive) To make flat and level.

Evenverb

To equal.

Evenverb

To be equal.

Evenverb

To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits.

Evenverb

To set right; to complete.

Evenverb

To act up to; to keep pace with.

Evenadverb

(archaic) Exactly, just, fully.

Evenadverb

In reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality.

Evenadverb

Emphasizing a comparative.

Evenadverb

Signalling a correction of one's previous utterance; rather, that is.

Evennoun

An even number.

Evennoun

Evening.

Evennoun

Evening. See Eve, n. 1.

Evenadjective

Level, smooth, or equal in surface; not rough; free from irregularities; hence uniform in rate of motion of action; as, even ground; an even speed; an even course of conduct.

Evenadjective

Equable; not easily ruffled or disturbed; calm; uniformly self-possessed; as, an even temper.

Evenadjective

Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.

Evenadjective

Balanced; adjusted; fair; equitable; impartial; just to both sides; owing nothing on either side; - said of accounts, bargains, or persons indebted; as, our accounts are even; an even bargain.

Evenadjective

Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.

Evenadjective

Associate; fellow; of the same condition.

Evenadjective

Not odd; capable of division by two without a remainder; - said of numbers; as, 4 and 10 are even numbers.

Evenverb

To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth.

Evenverb

To equal.

Evenverb

To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits; to make equal; as, to even the score.

Evenverb

To set right; to complete.

Evenverb

To act up to; to keep pace with.

Evenverb

To be equal.

Evenadverb

In an equal or precisely similar manner; equally; precisely; just; likewise; as well.

Evenadverb

Up to, or down to, an unusual measure or level; so much as; fully; quite.

Evenadverb

As might not be expected; - serving to introduce what is unexpected or less expected.

Evenadverb

At the very time; in the very case.

Evenverb

make level or straight;

Evenverb

become even or more even;

Evenverb

make even or more even

Evenadjective

divisible by two

Evenadjective

equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced;

Evenadjective

being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with);

Evenadjective

symmetrically arranged;

Evenadjective

occurring at fixed intervals;

Evenadjective

of the score in a contest;

Evenadverb

used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected;

Evenadverb

in spite of; notwithstanding;

Evenadverb

to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons;

Evenadverb

to the full extent;

Evennoun

the end of the day; evening

Evenadjective

flat and smooth

Evenadjective

in the same plane or line; level

Evenadjective

equal in number, amount, or value

Evenadjective

equally balanced

Evenadjective

having little variation in quality; regular

Evenadjective

(of a person's temper or disposition) equable; calm

Evenadjective

(of a number, such as 2, 6, or 108) divisible by two without a remainder

Evenadjective

bearing a number that is divisible by two without a remainder

Evenverb

make or become even

Evenadverb

used to emphasize something surprising or extreme

Evenadverb

used in comparisons for emphasis

Evenadverb

used in questions to indicate confusion or exasperation

Keelverb

To cool; to skim or stir.

Keelverb

To traverse with a keel; to navigate.

Keelverb

To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.

Keelnoun

A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.

Keelnoun

A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a vessel. It is the principal timber of the vessel, and, by means of the ribs attached on each side, supports the vessel's frame. In an iron vessel, a combination of plates supplies the place of the keel of a wooden ship. See Illust. of Keelson.

Keelnoun

Fig.: The whole ship.

Keelnoun

A barge or lighter, used on the Tyne for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt.

Keelnoun

The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See Carina.

Keelnoun

A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface.

Keelnoun

In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aëroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.

Keelnoun

the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly

Keelnoun

one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability

Keelverb

walk as if unable to control one's movements;

Keelnoun

the lengthwise timber or steel structure along the base of a ship, supporting the framework of the whole, in some vessels extended downwards as a ridge to increase stability.

Keelnoun

a ship

Keelnoun

a ridge along the breastbone of many birds to which the flight muscles are attached; the carina.

Keelnoun

a prow-shaped pair of petals present in flowers of the pea family.

Keelnoun

a flat-bottomed boat of a kind formerly used on the Tyne and Wear Rivers for loading ships carrying coal.

Keelverb

(of a boat or ship) turn over on its side; capsize

Keelverb

(of a person or thing) fall over; collapse

Keel

The keel is the bottom-most longitudinal structural element on a vessel. On some sailboats, it may have a hydrodynamic and counterbalancing purpose, as well.