elves

[ elvz ]

/ ɛlvz /

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noun

plural of elf.

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Words nearby elves

eluviation, eluvium, Elva, elve, elver, elves, Elvira, Elvis, elvish, Elwin, Elwood

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How to use elves in a sentence

Later, he becomes one of the founders of the Last Alliance of Elves and Men along with the human king of Númenor, Elendil.
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I like to joke that the Middle Pleistocene was a lot like Middle Earth where you had Dwarves and Elves and Orcs.
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So the elves in the Woodland Realm were an obvious [choice].
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The elves send Buddy off on an adventure to big, bad New York City to meet his family and start a new life.
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One episode, for example, centered on a Christmas-themed “celebration,” complete with elves and reindeer.
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Beauty The constant attention of the world requires the ministrations of her beauty elves: Deborah Mitchell Bee Venom facials.
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That Santa told tellers he needed the money to “pay his elves.”
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The Elves Chorus is intended for boys voices in unison, with accompaniment for mixed chorus and orchestra.
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All around him, wherever the moon shone through the trees, he saw numbers of elegant little elves at play.
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The thorn bush was sacred to the Elves for reasons which will be discussed in a subsequent chapter.
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Shakespeare refers to elves as ouphes, which is the same word as oaf and was formerly spelt aulf.
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In the North of England the elves seem to have been known as hags, for fairy rings are there known as hag tracks.
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British Dictionary definitions for elves

elves

/ (ɛlvz) /

noun

the plural of elf

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Cultural definitions for elves

elves

Often small, mischievous creatures thought to have magical powers. Although some elves are friendly to humans, others are spiteful and destructive. Elves have long been a staple of folklore, from Germanic mythology to J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, in which the elves speak a special language called Elvish.

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