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EDEN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation; when they disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they were driven from their paradise (the fall of man)
Synonyms:
Eden; Garden of Eden
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Eden" is a kind of...):
Heaven (the abode of God and the angels)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
Synonyms:
Eden; heaven; nirvana; paradise; promised land; Shangri-la
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("Eden" is a kind of...):
part; region (the extended spatial location of something)
Context examples:
Back from sea Martin Eden came, homing for California with a lover's desire.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
So it was that she looked upon Martin Eden as a novelty, a strange individual, and she identified with novelty and strangeness the effects he produced upon her.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Martin Eden came back to earth.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Martin Eden got off at this corner.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Arthur was leaving the room, and Martin Eden followed his exit with longing eyes.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
"Won't you sit down, Mr. Eden?" the girl was saying.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
"You have such a scar on your neck, Mr. Eden," the girl was saying.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
And the next moment, when she or her mother addressed him as "Mr. Eden," his aggressive pride was forgotten, and he was glowing and warm with delight.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
As Martin Eden went down the steps, his hand dropped into his coat pocket.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
"Mr. Eden," was what he had thrilled to—he who had been called "Eden," or "Martin Eden," or just "Martin," all his life.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
