EIGHT
eight, viii
(adjective) being one more than seven
eight, eight-spot
(noun) one of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face
eight, VIII, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, ogdoad, octonary, octet
(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Numeral
eight
A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.
Describing a group or set with eight elements.
Noun
eight (plural eights)
The digit/figure 8.
(playing cards) Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
(nautical) A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars.
(rowing, especially in plural) A race in which such craft participate.
(rowing) The eight people who crew a rowing-boat.
Adjective
eight (not comparable)
Obsolete spelling of eighth.
Etymology 2
Noun
eight (plural eights)
Alternative spelling of ait (island in a river)
Anagrams
• Tighe
Source: Wiktionary
Eight, n. Etym: [See Ait.]
Definition: An island in a river; an ait. [Obs.] "Osiers on their eights."
Evelyn.
Eight, a. Etym: [AS. eahta; akin to OS. ahto, OFries. achta, D. & G.
acht, OHG. ahto, Icel. atta, Sw. ĂĄtta, Dan. otte, Goth. ahtau, Lith.
aszt, Ir. & Gael. ochd, W. wyth, Armor. eich, eiz, L. octo, Gr. ash.
Octave.]
Definition: Seven and one; as, eight years.
Eight, n.
1. The number greater by a unit than seven; eight units or objects.
2. A symbol representing eight units, as 8 or viii.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition