eaves

[ UK /ˈiːvz/ ]
[ US /ˈivz/ ]
NOUN
  1. the overhang at the lower edge of a roof
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How To Use eaves In A Sentence

  • Some spring from immediately below the earth, and may more properly be termed suckers; the others grow on the visible part of the stem or caudex, often close to the oldest leaves; these should be cut off with a sharp knife, in early summer, and if they have a little of the parent bark attached to them all the better. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.
  • They put out a plan that adds up, leaves no ox ungored and should shut up anyone who says the deficit can be contained by cutting waste, fraud, abuse and foreign aid. Two Tests of a Gridlock Mentality
  • Deep navy, in contrast, is less demanding, and leaves a bit more colour in a blonde's cheeks.
  • This gas absorbs visible light so well that plants could not photosynthesize even if they somehow retained their leaves.
  • In the spring, you will be letting the leaves wilt on their own and dry up.
  • It was mid autumn and the leaves were already starting to swirl around me as a harsher wind blew, creating almost a curtain of color each time the breeze came.
  • In the Mhow area of India, where it is common practice to feed goats on the leaves of trees gathered in the forest, an experiment was conducted with uncastrated male goats aged about 14 months and weighing some 25 kg. Chapter 6
  • The Romans invented a distinct cornice for the Corinthian order, characterized by large projecting modillions embellished with acanthus leaves.
  • She seems happy, but it leaves me feeling dissatisfied. Times, Sunday Times
  • This leaves a pigment in your skin. The Sun
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