Definition: east

Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

east
     adj : situated in or facing or moving toward the east [ant: west]
     n 1: the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees [syn: due
          east, E]
     2: the countries of Asia [syn: East, orient]
     3: the region of the United States lying north of the Ohio
        River and east of the Mississippi River [syn: East]
     adv : to, toward, or in the east; "we travelled east for several
           miles"

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

East \East\, a. (Eccl.)
   Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which
   contains the choir or chancel; as, the east front of a
   cathedral.

East \East\, a.
   Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun
   rises when in the equinoctial; as, the east gate; the east
   border; the east side; the east wind is a wind that blows
   from the east.

East \East\, n. [OE. est, east, AS. e['a]st; akin to D. oost,
   oosten, OHG. ?stan, G. ost, osten, Icel. austr, Sw. ost, Dan.
   ["o]st, ["o]sten, Lith. auszra dawn, L. aurora (for ausosa),
   Gr. ?, ?, ?, Skr. ushas; cf. Skr. ush to burn, L. urere.
   ????, ???. Cf. Aurora, Easter, Sterling.]
   1. The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at
      the equinox, or the corresponding point on the earth; that
      one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in
      a direction at right angles to that of north and south,
      and which is toward the right hand of one who faces the
      north; the point directly opposite to the west.

            The east began kindle.                --E. Everett.

   2. The eastern parts of the earth; the regions or countries
      which lie east of Europe; the orient. In this indefinite
      sense, the word is applied to Asia Minor, Syria, Chaldea,
      Persia, India, China, etc.; as, the riches of the East;
      the diamonds and pearls of the East; the kings of the
      East.

            The gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers on her
            kings barbaric pearl and gold.        --Milton.

   3. (U. S. Hist. and Geog.) Formerly, the part of the United
      States east of the Alleghany Mountains, esp. the Eastern,
      or New England, States; now, commonly, the whole region
      east of the Mississippi River, esp. that which is north of
      Maryland and the Ohio River; -- usually with the definite
      article; as, the commerce of the East is not independent
      of the agriculture of the West.

   East by north, East by south, according to the notation
      of the mariner's compass, that point which lies 111/4[deg]
      to the north or south, respectively, of the point due
      east.

   East-northeast, East-southeast, that which lies
      221/2[deg] to the north or south of east, or half way
      between east and northeast or southeast, respectively. See
      Illust. of Compass.

East \East\, adv.
   Eastward.

East \East\, v. i.
   To move toward the east; to veer from the north or south
   toward the east; to orientate.

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10)

EAST

   A Eureka project developing a software engineering
   platform.

   (1994-12-07)

Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

East
   (1.) The orient (mizrah); the rising of the sun. Thus "the east
   country" is the country lying to the east of Syria, the Elymais
   (Zech. 8:7).
   
     (2). Properly what is in front of one, or a country that is
   before or in front of another; the rendering of the word
   _kedem_. In pointing out the quarters, a Hebrew always looked
   with his face toward the east. The word _kedem_ is used when the
   four quarters of the world are described (Gen. 13:14; 28:14);
   and _mizrah_ when the east only is distinguished from the west
   (Josh. 11:3; Ps. 50:1; 103:12, etc.). In Gen. 25:6 "eastward" is
   literally "unto the land of kedem;" i.e., the lands lying east
   of Palestine, namely, Arabia, Mesopotamia, etc.