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five

68 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. five (noun)
  2. five-and-dime (noun)
  3. five-and-ten (noun)
  4. five back (noun)
  5. five-centered arch (noun)
  6. five-corners (noun plural but usually singular in construction)
  7. five-corns (noun plural)
  8. five-day week (noun)
  9. five-eighth (noun)
  10. five-em space (noun)
  11. five-figure (adjective)
  12. five-finger (noun)
  13. five-fingered creeper (noun)
  14. five-fingered Jack (noun)
  15. five-fingered root (noun)
  16. five-fingers (noun plural but singular in constructrion)
  17. five-flowered gentian (noun)
  18. five hundred (noun)
  19. five hundred rum (noun)
  20. five-leaf (noun)
  21. five-leaved chaste tree (noun)
  22. five-leaved ivy (noun)
  23. five-leaved pine (noun)
  24. five-lined lizard (noun)
  25. five-o'clock shadow (noun)
  26. five of a kind
  27. five-percenter (noun)
  28. five-shooter (noun)
  29. five-sisters (noun plural but singular in constructrion)
  30. five-spice powder (noun)

five

noun \ˈfīv\

Definition of FIVE

1
— see number table
2
plural : a British handball game
3
: the fifth in a set or series <the five of clubs>
4
: something having five units or members; especially : a basketball team
5
: a 5-dollar bill
6
: fifteen 2
7
: a slapping of extended right hands by two people (as in greeting or celebration) —usually used in phrases with give or slap <so I slapped him five and hugged him — J. R. Burke>
— five adjective
— five pronoun, plural in construction
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Examples of FIVE

  1. I get off work at five.
  2. The store is open until five.

Origin of FIVE

Middle English, from five, adjective, from Old English fīf; akin to Old High German finf five, Latin quinque, Greek pente
First Known Use: before 12th century

Rhymes with FIVE

chive, Clive, dive, drive, gyve, hive, jive, live, rive, shrive, skive, strive, thrive, wive

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