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five (fīv)
adjective
Etymology: ME < OE fif, with assimilated nasal, akin to Ger fünf (OHG, Goth fimf) < IE base *penkwe > Sans páñca, Gr pente, L quinque
noun
- the cardinal number between four and six; 5; V
- any group of five people or things
- ☆ a basketball team
- something numbered five or having five units, as a playing card, domino, face of a dice, etc.
- ☆ Informal a five-dollar bill
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Alternate definitions:
Converse of object
- play: Meaning that about 200 boys were playing Fives on one afternoon.
Adjective modifier
- high: Make sure you have someone handy to exchange high fives with.
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If all be true that I do think, There are five reasons why men drink, Good wine, a friend, or being dry, Or lest we should be by-and-by, Or any other reason why.
Yblessed be god that I have wedded fyve! Welcome the sixte, whan that evere he shal.
Take a little timeöcount five-and-twenty,Tattycoram.
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