easters

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of easter.

   A run of biting easters kept the fishing fleet tied up at the dock.

   The almanac warned of spring easters that could flatten the young crops.

   Note

   The plural counts feasts or seasons one at a time. The holiday is usually spoken of as a single occasion (at Easter, over Easter), but it can be counted when years or terms are being tallied, as in several Easters ago or two Easters spent abroad. The same spelling also serves as the verb form, as in she easters with family.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present indicative of easter.

   By afternoon the gale easters and pushes the swell toward the harbor mouth.

   When the wind easters, the fishermen head back to port.

   Note

   A verb that takes no object. Someone easters at home or easters in the mountains, meaning they keep the feast or spend the season there. A separate directional use also exists, in which something easters by moving toward the east. That is the sense at work when a current easters along a coast.

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