elves
1Elves — Elves, n.; pl. of {Elf}. [1913 Webster] Elvish Elv ish, a. 1. Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See {Elfish}. [1913 Webster] He seemeth elvish by his countenance. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
2elves — [elvz] n the plural of ↑elf …
3elves — the plural of elf …
4elves — [elvz] n. pl. of ELF …
5Elves — / Elf The Elder Children of Ilúvatar. The first Elves awoke by Cuiviénen, the Water of Awakening in the far east of Middle earth, long Ages before the Rising of the Sun or Moon. Unlike Men, the Elves were not subject to illness or death,… …
6elves — pl. of ELF. * * * plural of elf * * * /elvz/, n. pl. of elf. * * * elves UK US the plural of elf Thesaurus: irregular pluralshyponym * * * elves «ehlvz», noun. plural of …
7Elves — A slang term for the technical analysts who appeared on the PBS television show Wall Street Week , which aired from 1970 to 2005. The elves attempted to predict the direction of the market in the coming months, and gained popularity due to their… …
8elves — In Old English, xlf was the general all purpose term for a *fairy; after the Conquest, however, the French fairy partially replaced it, though Chaucer and Shakespeare still used them interchangeably, and elf seems to have faded out of rural… …
9Elves — In Nordic myth the elves were the dwellers in Alfheim, the dwelling place of Freyr. There were also black elves who dwelt in Svartheim, but whether this differentiation was one of actual complexion as between two of the tribes of dwarfs or… …
10Elves — Elf Elf ([e^]lf), n.; pl. {Elves} ([e^]lvz). [AS. [ae]lf, ylf; akin to MHG. alp, G. alp nightmare, incubus, Icel. [=a]lfr elf, Sw. alf, elfva; cf. Skr. [.r]bhu skillful, artful, rabh to grasp. Cf. {Auf}, {Oaf}.] 1. An imaginary supernatural being …