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egre

egre is the alternative spelling of eagre.

Meaning of eagre

Noun

eagre (plural eagres)

  1. a tidal bore
    • A large wave like an eagre, diverging from its bow, was extending to either bank, swamping the tules and threatening to submerge the lower levees.1896, Bret Harte, In a Hollow of the Hills: and Other Tales, page 210
    Synonyms:
    tidal bore, bore

Forms of egre

pluralegres

Questions about egre

What is egre the alternative spelling of?
Egre is the alternative spelling of eagre.

Words near egre in the dictionary

  1. EGPA
  2. EGPRS
  3. EGPWS
  4. EGR
  5. egranulose
  6. egre
  7. egrecious
  8. egregiosities
  9. egregiosity
  10. egregious
  11. egregiously

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Adapted from Wiktionary: egre (page history and authors); eagre (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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