yesterday : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: yesterday	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for yesterday
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yesterday adv on the day preceding today; "yesterday the weather was beautiful" in the recent past; only a short time ago; "I was not born yesterday!" n the day immediately before today; "it was in yesterday's newspapers" the recent past; "yesterday's solutions are not good enough"; "we shared many yesterdays"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yesterday \Yes"terday\, n. [OE. [f4]isterdai, AS. geostran d[91]g, from geostran, geostra, giestran, gistran, gystran, yesterday* (akin to D. gisteren, G. gestern, OHG. gestaron, Icel. g[91]r yesterday, to-morrow, Goth. gistradagis to-morrow, L. heri yesterday, Gr. [?], Skr. hyas) + d[91]g day. Cf. {Hestern}. [?][?][?][?].] 1. The day last past; the day next before the present. All our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. --Shak. We are but of yesterday, and know nothing. --Job viii. 9. 2. Fig.: A recent time; time not long past. The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday, when compared with the line of supreme pontiffs. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yesterday \Yes"ter*day\, adv. On the day last past; on the day preceding to-day; as, the affair took place yesterday.