EVERLASTING


Meaning of EVERLASTING in English

I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from ever (I) + lasting, present participle of lasten to last — more at last

1. : lasting or enduring through all time : eternal

what a peace is mine, leaning on the everlasting arms — E.A.Hoffman

belief in unchanging and everlasting laws governing the physical universe

2.

a.

(1) : continuing indefinitely or during a long period : perpetual

reached the zone of everlasting snow

the one thing that seemed to her immutable and everlasting was the poverty of the soil — Ellen Glasgow

(2) of a plant : retaining its form or color for a long time when dried

everlasting flowers

b. : wearisome or tedious from repetition : continual

she had grown tired of his everlasting whimpering — O.E.Rölvaag

3. : wearing indefinitely : durable

everlasting cotton homespun

II. noun

Etymology: Middle English ( the ) Everlastinge, from everlasting, adjective

1. capitalized : god — used with the

the Everlasting

2. : eternal duration : eternity — used chiefly in the phrase from everlasting

from everlasting thou! — S.T.Coleridge

3. or everlasting flower

a. : any of several plants chiefly of the family Compositae that have flowers which can be dried without loss of form or color: as

(1) : ladies' tobacco

(2) : strawflower 1

(3) : cudweed a

(4) : a plant of the genus Anaphalis

(5) : statice

(6) usually everlasting flower : a plant of the Australian genus Waitzia

b. : the flower or bloom of any everlasting

4. : a strong durable woolen material of twill or satin weave similar to lasting

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.