Equalizing and Evening

noun

• The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall. )
  • usage: "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"
  • synonyms: eve, even, eventide
• A later concluding time period.
  • usage: "it was the evening of the Roman Empire"
• The early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way.
  • usage: "an evening at the opera"

verb

• Make level or straight.
  • usage: "level the ground"
  • synonyms: flush, level, even out, even
• Become even or more even.
  • usage: "even out the surface"
  • synonyms: even, even out
• Make even or more even.
  • synonyms: even, even out

• (n.) The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day or of the sum.
• (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Even.
• (n.) The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as of strength or glory.