faɪv n. & adj. --n. 1
one more than four or one
half of
ten;
the sum of
three units
and two units. 2 a
symbol for this (5, v, V). 3 a size etc. denoted by five. 4 a set or
team of five individuals. 5 the
time of five o'clock (is it five yet?). 6 a card
with five pips. 7 Cricket a
hit scoring five runs. --adj.
that amount to five. øbunch of
fives Brit. sl. a
hand or
fist. five-corner (or -corners)
Austral. 1 a shrub of the
genus Styphelia. 2 the pentagonal
fruit of this. five-eighth Austral. & NZ
Rugby Football either of two players
between the scrum-half and the
centre three-quarter. five-finger
exercise 1 an exercise on the piano involving
all the fingers. 2 an
easy task. five
hundred a
form of
euchre in
which 500 points
make a game. five o'clock
shadow beard-growth
visible on a man's
face in the
latter part of the
day. five-star of the highest
class. five-year
plan 1 (in the USSR) a
government plan for
economic development over five years, inaugurated in 1928. 2 a
similar plan in
another country. [OE fif f. Gmc]
