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Definition: AVAILING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. To gain, advantage, benefit or profit. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To improve. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To enjoy or relish. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To thrive, grow, accrue, augment or sprout. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To yield. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To use.[Eve - graph theoretic]
7. Present participle conjugation of the verb avail.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(avail)		 1. Use to one's advantage; "He availed himself of the available resources".[Wordnet].
2. Be of use to, be useful to; "It will avail them to dispose of their booty".[Wordnet].
3. Take or use.[Wordnet].
4. Take or use; "She helped herself to some of the office supplies".[Wordnet].
5. To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.[Websters].
6. To promote; to assist.[Websters].
7. To be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object; as, the plea in bar must avail, that is, be sufficient to defeat the suit; this scheme will not avail; medicines will not avail to check the disease.[Websters].
8. See Avale, v.[Websters].
9. Base verb from the following inflections: availing, availed, avails, availer, availers, availingly and availedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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Date "Availing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Specialty Definition: AVAILING

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Verb] Turning to profit; using to advantage or effect.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary [Verb] Present participle of avail. (references)

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Definition: AVAILING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. To gain, advantage, benefit or profit. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To improve. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To enjoy or relish. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To thrive, grow, accrue, augment or sprout. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To yield. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To use.[Eve - graph theoretic]
7. Present participle conjugation of the verb avail.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(avail)		1. Use to one's advantage; "He availed himself of the available resources".[Wordnet].
2. Be of use to, be useful to; "It will avail them to dispose of their booty".[Wordnet].
3. Take or use.[Wordnet].
4. Take or use; "She helped herself to some of the office supplies".[Wordnet].
5. To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.[Websters].
6. To promote; to assist.[Websters].
7. To be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object; as, the plea in bar must avail, that is, be sufficient to defeat the suit; this scheme will not avail; medicines will not avail to check the disease.[Websters].
8. See Avale, v.[Websters].
9. Base verb from the following inflections: availing, availed, avails, availer, availers, availingly and availedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "AVAILING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Specialty Definition: AVAILING

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Verb] Turning to profit; using to advantage or effect.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary[Verb] Present participle of avail. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: avail

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
availEnglishAvailableComputing
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Extended Definition: Avail

Avail

This article is about the band named Avail. For a definition of the word "avail", see the Wiktionary entry avail.
Avail
Origin Virginia, USA
Genre(s) Melodic Hardcore
Punk Rock
Years active 1987– present
Label(s) Jade Tree Records
Fat Wreck
Lookout! Records
Website www.availavail.com
Members
Tim Barry
Joe Banks
Gwomper
Ed Trask
Former members
Erik Larsen
Chuck McCauley

Avail is a punk rock/hardcore punk band from Richmond, Virginia. Originally from Northern Virginia, the band formed 1987, comprised of Joe Banks, Doug Crosby, Brian Stewart and Mikey Warstler. The only original remaining member, guitar player Joe Banks, teamed up with rival band LDK's (Learning Disabled Kids) Tim Barry. They moved to Richmond in 1990, and soon, after numerous line up changes, put together a solid lineup to release their first album in 1992. They play punk music, with heartfelt lyrics and melodic breakdowns. Many of their lyrics are about Richmond.

Members

Avail has five members.

  • Tim Barry - vocals(Drums on First EP)
  • Joe Banks - guitar
  • Gwomper - bass
  • Ed Trask - drums
  • Beau Beau, manager, cheerleader

Former Members:


  • Chuck McCauley- bass
  • Eric Larson - drums

Label Change

Avail self-released their first LP, Satiate on Catheter-Assembly Records. It was later re-released by Lookout! Records. They released several studio releases on Lookout! and then went on to Fat Wreck Chords for One Wrench and Front Porch Stories. Most recently, they have signed on with Jade Tree Records who has recently re-released the Avail albums Dixie, 4am Friday, and Over the James.

Discography

Full Length Albums

  • Satiate - 1992 - Lookout! Records
  • Dixie - 1994 - Lookout! Records
  • 4am Friday - 1996 - Lookout! Records
  • Over the James - 1998 - Lookout! Records
  • One Wrench - 2000 - Fat Wreck Chords
  • Front Porch Stories - 2002 - Fat Wreck Chords

EP's

Live

  • Live at the Kings Head Inn - 1993 - Old Glory Records
  • V.M. Live Presents...Avail - 1999 - Liberation Records
  • Live at the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco - [[1998 - Lookout! Records

External links

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Avail". Image Credit.



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