four

four
    adj 1: being one more than three [syn: {four}, {4}, {iv}]
    n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn:
         {four}, {4}, {IV}, {tetrad}, {quatern}, {quaternion},
         {quaternary}, {quaternity}, {quartet}, {quadruplet},
         {foursome}, {Little Joe}]
    2: a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four
       pips [syn: {four-spot}, {four}]
    

Four \Four\ (f[=o]r), a. [OE. four, fower, feower, AS.
   fe['o]wer; akin to OS. fiwar, D. & G. vier, OHG. fior, Icel.
   fj[=o]rir, Sw. fyra, Dan. fire, Goth. fidw[=o]r, Russ.
   chetuire, chetvero, W. pedwar, L. quatuor, Gr. te`ttares,
   te`ssares, pi`syres, Skr. catur. [root]302. Cf. {Farthing},
   {Firkin}, {Forty}, {Cater} four, {Quater-cousin}, {Quatuor},
   {Quire} of paper, {tetrarch}.]
   One more than three; twice two.
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Four \Four\, n.
   1. The sum of four units; four units or objects.
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   2. A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
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   3. Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a
      chariot and four.
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   {All fours}. See {All fours}, in the Vocabulary. Fourb