Eleven

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Eleven \E*lev"en\ ([-e]*l[e^]v"'n), a. [OE. enleven, AS.
     endleofan, endlufon, for nleofan; akin to LG. eleve, ["o]lwe,
     ["o]lwen, D. elf, G. elf, eilf, OHG. einlif, Icel. ellifu,
     Sw. elfva, Dan. elleve, Goth. ainlif, cf. Lith. v["e]nolika;
     and fr. the root of E. one + (prob.) a root signifying "to be
     left over, remain," appearing in E. loan, or perh. in leave,


     v. t., life. See {One}, and cf. {Twelve}.]
     Ten and one added; as, eleven men.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Eleven \E*lev"en\, n.
     1. The sum of ten and one; eleven units or objects.
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     2. A symbol representing eleven units, as 11 or xi.
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     3. (Cricket & American Football) The eleven men selected to
        play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a
        club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  eleven
       adj : being one more than ten [syn: {11}, {xi}]
       n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one [syn: {11},
             {XI}]
       2: a team that plays football [syn: {football team}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "eleven":
     L, Sexagesima, boxcar, boxcars, cast, company, complement, crew,
     dozen, duodecimo, eight, eighty, fifteen, fifty, first string,
     first team, five, five and twenty, fortnight, forty,
     four and twenty, fourscore, fourscore and ten, fourteen,
     half a hundred, long dozen, nine, ninety, nonagenarian,
     octogenarian, platoon, quindecennial, quindecim, quindecima,
     quindene, reserves, rowing crew, score, second string, second team,
     septuagenarian, seventy, sexagenarian, sexagenary,
     sexagesimo-quarto, sixteen, sixteenmo, sixty, sixty-four,
     sixty-fourmo, squad, string, team, teens, third string, thirteen,
     thirty-two, thirty-twomo, threescore, threescore and ten, twelve,
     twelvemo, twenty, twenty-five, twenty-four, twenty-fourmo,
     two dozen, two weeks, twoscore, varsity