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1.nounAn island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.
2.nounThe digit/figure 8.
3.nounAny of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
4.nounA light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars.
5.noun(especially in plural) A race in which such craft participate.
6.nounThe eight people who crew a rowing-boat.
7.nounA pair of eights.