Adam and Eve

== English == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Adam and Eve The first man and woman, respectively, according to the Book of Genesis. ==== Derived terms ==== Adam and Steve Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve Adam and Eve on a raft Madam and Eve ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Adam and Eve (figurative) A starting point; a set of ancestors or progenitors. The puttyroot (Aplectrum hyemale). === Verb === Adam and Eve (third-person singular simple present Adam and Eves, present participle Adam and Eving, simple past and past participle Adam and Eved) (Cockney rhyming slang, transitive) To believe. ==== Usage notes ==== Restricted to a few set phrases, such as would you Adam and Eve it?.