even adj
1: divisible by two [ant: odd]
2: equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced; "even amounts of butter and sugar"; "on even terms"; "it was a fifty-fifty (or even) split"; "had a fifty-fifty (or even) chance"; "an even fight" [syn: fifty-fifty]
3: 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); "an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window" [ant: uneven]
4: symmetrically arranged; "even features"; "regular features"; "a regular polygon" [syn: regular]
5: occurring at fixed intervals; "a regular beat"; "the even rhythm of his breathing" [syn: regular]
6: of the score in a contest; "the score is tied" [syn: tied(p), level(p)] ad
even
(verb)
1: used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected; "even an idiot knows that"; "declined even to consider the idea"; "I don't have even a dollar!"
2: in spite of; notwithstanding; "even when he is sick, he works"; "even with his head start she caught up with him"
3: to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons; "looked sick and felt even worse"; "an even (or still) more interesting problem"; "still another problem must be solved"; "a yet sadder tale" [syn: yet, still]
4: to the full extent; "loyal even unto death"
even
(verb)
1: make level or straight; "level the ground" [syn: flush, level, even out]
2: become even or more even; "even out the surface" [syn: [[even out]]]
3: make even or more even [syn: even out]