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eft

eft

1 9.9
A young newt that is often bright orange and lives on land before returning to water as an adult
  • noun
  • /ɛft/
: eft
  • Reiki and EFT may be my favorite woos
  • a red eft

Examples

  • And, as Eft pointed out, those tear-shaped, fig-merchant eyes that stared back at you as if from old Baghdad movies.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Eft is a young newt.

  • The fuse was lit; Young Eft and Terry ran around a rock for cover.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • EFTs continued to struggle with the challenges explored in the previous section.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Eft.

  • Joshua had been designated as an efts, meaning a no-miss affair, which, coming from the boss himself, meant top priority.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • So in that case, AT&T only has me for this month, and because there is an EFT clause in the contract, they only extended me for this month because that's all I paid for.

    Blog text (32)
  • The EFT was a godsend and helped to break the cycle of stuckness; i.e., brushing my teeth is no longer an epic task.

    Blog text (32)
  • While hiking through the woods, I saw a bright orange eft wandering on the path.

  • The children were excited to find a small eft hiding under a damp rock by the stream.

Synonyms

red eft
vseft
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A young land newt with bright orange-red skin

refers to the same juvenile terrestrial stage across species not only that one

Compounds

red eft
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A young land newt with bright orange-red skin

Surface Forms

eft singular
efts plural

Etymology

Eft comes from the Old English word efeta, which meant 'newt'. Today an eft is the bright orange, young stage of a newt that lives on land after it changes and before it returns to the water.