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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Five \Five\ (f[imac]v), adjective [OE. fif, five, AS. f[=i]f, f[=i]fe; akin to D. vijf, OS. f[=i]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.
{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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Five \Five\ (f[imac]v), noun
1. The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects.
Five of them were wise, and five were foolish. --Matt. xxv. 2.
2. A symbol representing this number, as 5, or V.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
five
adjective: being one more than four [syn: {5}, {v}]
noun
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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