five

five
    adj 1: being one more than four [syn: {five}, {5}, {v}]
    n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn:
         {five}, {5}, {V}, {cinque}, {quint}, {quintet}, {fivesome},
         {quintuplet}, {pentad}, {fin}, {Phoebe}, {Little Phoebe}]
    2: a team that plays basketball [syn: {basketball team}, {five}]
    3: a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows
       five pips [syn: {five-spot}, {five}]
    

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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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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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