Five \Five\ (f[imac]v), n.
1. The number next greater than four, and less than six; five
units or objects.
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Five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
--Matt. xxv.
2.
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2. A symbol representing this number, as 5, or V.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Five \Five\ (f[imac]v), a. [OE. fif, five, AS. f[imac]f,
f[imac]fe; akin to D. vijf, OS. f[imac]f, OHG. finf, funf, G.
f["u]nf, Icel. fimm, Sw. & Sw. Dan. fem, Goth. fimf, Lith.
penki, W. pump, OIr. c['o]ic, L. quinque, Gr. pe`nte, [AE]ol.
pe`mpe, Skr. pa[~n]can. [root]303. Cf. Fifth, Cinque,
Pentagon, Punch the drink, Quinary.]
Four and one added; one more than four.
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Five nations (Ethnol.), a confederacy of the Huron-Iroquois
Indians, consisting of five tribes: Mohawks, Onondagas,
Cayugas, Oneidas, and Senecas. They inhabited the region
which is now the State of new York.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
five
adj : being one more than four [syn: 5, v]
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn: 5,
V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet,
pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe]
2: a team that plays basketball [syn: basketball team]
WordNet (r) 2.0
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "five":
cast, company, complement, crew, eight, eleven, first string,
first team, nine, platoon, reserves, rowing crew, second string,
second team, squad, string, team, third string, varsity
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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