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few
(mass) | few
- málo, pár, trochu |
few
(encz) | few,málo |
Few
(gcide) | Few \Few\ (f[=u]), a. [Compar. Fewer (f[=u]"[~e]r); superl.
Fewest.] [OE. fewe, feawe, AS. fe['a], pl. fe['a]we; akin
to OS. f[=a]h, OHG. f[=o] fao, Icel. f[=a]r, Sw. f[*a], pl.,
Dan. faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. pay^ros. Cf.
Paucity.]
Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; --
indicating a small portion of units or individuals
constituting a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few
people. "Are not my days few?" --Job x. 20.
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Few know and fewer care. --Proverb.
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Note: Few is often used partitively; as, few of them.
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A few, a small number.
In few, in a few words; briefly. --Shak.
No few, not few; more than a few; many. --Cowper.
The few, the minority; -- opposed to the many or the
majority.
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few
(wn) | few
adj 1: a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is
often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number; "a
few weeks ago"; "a few more wagons than usual"; "an
invalid's pleasures are few and far between"; "few roses
were still blooming"; "few women have led troops in
battle" [ant: many]
n 1: a small elite group; "it was designed for the
discriminating few" |
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few and far between
(mass) | few and far between
- ojedinele |
fewer
(mass) | fewer
- menejfewer
- menej |
a few
(encz) | a few,několik Zdeněk Broža few,pár |
a few bricks short of a full load
(encz) | a few bricks short of a full load,nerozumný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
a man of few words
(encz) | a man of few words,málomluvný člověk Zdeněk Brož |
afewes
(encz) | AFEWES,Air Force Electronic Warfare Effectiveness Simulator [zkr.]
[voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
chafeweed
(encz) | chafeweed, n: |
curfew
(encz) | curfew,zákaz vycházení n: Zdeněk Brož |
feverfew
(encz) | feverfew, n: |
few and far between
(encz) | few and far between,nečetný adj: Pinofew and far between,nepočetný adj: Pinofew and far between,ojediněle Zdeněk Brožfew and far between,ojedinělý [fráz.] zřídka se vyskytující, např.
"Flats which are both comfortable and reasonably priced are few and far
between." Pinofew and far between,řídký adj: Pinofew and far between,vzácný adj: Pino |
few people
(encz) | few people,málokdo |
few-flowered leek
(encz) | few-flowered leek, n: |
fewer
(encz) | fewer,méně |
fewest
(encz) | fewest,nejméně |
fewness
(encz) | fewness,nepatrný počet Zdeněk Brož |
get off a few good ones
(encz) | get off a few good ones, |
had a few
(encz) | had a few, |
impose a curfew
(encz) | impose a curfew,vydat zákaz vycházení Pino |
lifework
(encz) | lifework, |
no fewer
(encz) | no fewer,neméně Zdeněk Brož |
pull a few strings
(encz) | pull a few strings, |
tip a few
(encz) | tip a few, |
A few
(gcide) | Few \Few\ (f[=u]), a. [Compar. Fewer (f[=u]"[~e]r); superl.
Fewest.] [OE. fewe, feawe, AS. fe['a], pl. fe['a]we; akin
to OS. f[=a]h, OHG. f[=o] fao, Icel. f[=a]r, Sw. f[*a], pl.,
Dan. faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. pay^ros. Cf.
Paucity.]
Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; --
indicating a small portion of units or individuals
constituting a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few
people. "Are not my days few?" --Job x. 20.
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Few know and fewer care. --Proverb.
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Note: Few is often used partitively; as, few of them.
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A few, a small number.
In few, in a few words; briefly. --Shak.
No few, not few; more than a few; many. --Cowper.
The few, the minority; -- opposed to the many or the
majority.
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Chafewax
(gcide) | Chafewax \Chafe"wax`\, or Chaffwax \Chaff"wax`\, n. (Eng. Law)
Formerly a chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs
and other documents.
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Chafeweed
(gcide) | Chafeweed \Chafe"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
The cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing.
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Curfew
(gcide) | Curfew \Cur"few\ (k[^u]r"f[=u]), n. [OE. courfew, curfu, fr. OF.
cuevrefu, covrefeu, F. couvre-feu; covrir to cover + feu
fire, fr. L. focus fireplace, hearth. See Cover, and
Focus.]
1. The ringing of an evening bell, originally a signal to the
inhabitants to cover fires, extinguish lights, and retire
to rest, -- instituted by William the Conqueror; also, the
bell itself.
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He begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock.
--Shak.
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The village curfew, as it tolled profound.
--Campbell.
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2. A utensil for covering the fire. [Obs.]
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For pans, pots, curfews, counters and the like.
--Bacon.
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Feather-few
(gcide) | Feather-few \Feath"er-few`\, n. (Bot.)
Feverfew.
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Feverfew
(gcide) | Feverfew \Fe"ver*few\ (f[=e]"v[~e]r*f[=u]), n. [AS. feferfuge,
fr. L. febrifugia. See fever, Fugitive, and cf.
Febrifuge.] (Bot.)
A perennial plant (Pyrethrum Parthenium, or {Chrysanthemum
Parthenium}) allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves
and white blossoms; -- so named from its supposed febrifugal
qualities.
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Few
(gcide) | Few \Few\ (f[=u]), a. [Compar. Fewer (f[=u]"[~e]r); superl.
Fewest.] [OE. fewe, feawe, AS. fe['a], pl. fe['a]we; akin
to OS. f[=a]h, OHG. f[=o] fao, Icel. f[=a]r, Sw. f[*a], pl.,
Dan. faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. pay^ros. Cf.
Paucity.]
Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; --
indicating a small portion of units or individuals
constituting a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few
people. "Are not my days few?" --Job x. 20.
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Few know and fewer care. --Proverb.
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Note: Few is often used partitively; as, few of them.
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A few, a small number.
In few, in a few words; briefly. --Shak.
No few, not few; more than a few; many. --Cowper.
The few, the minority; -- opposed to the many or the
majority.
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fewel
(gcide) | Fuel \Fu"el\, n. [OF. fouail, fuail, or fouaille, fuaille, LL.
focalium, focale, fr. L. focus hearth, fireplace, in LL.,
fire. See Focus.] [Formerly written also fewel.]
1. Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which
feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood,
coal, peat, etc.
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2. Anything that serves to feed or increase passion or
excitement.
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Artificial fuel, fuel consisting of small particles, as
coal dust, sawdust, etc., consolidated into lumps or
blocks.
[1913 Webster]Fewel \Fe"wel\, n. [See Fuel.]
Fuel. [Obs.] --Hooker.
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Fewel
(gcide) | Fuel \Fu"el\, n. [OF. fouail, fuail, or fouaille, fuaille, LL.
focalium, focale, fr. L. focus hearth, fireplace, in LL.,
fire. See Focus.] [Formerly written also fewel.]
1. Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which
feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood,
coal, peat, etc.
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2. Anything that serves to feed or increase passion or
excitement.
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Artificial fuel, fuel consisting of small particles, as
coal dust, sawdust, etc., consolidated into lumps or
blocks.
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Fuel. [Obs.] --Hooker.
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Fewer
(gcide) | Few \Few\ (f[=u]), a. [Compar. Fewer (f[=u]"[~e]r); superl.
Fewest.] [OE. fewe, feawe, AS. fe['a], pl. fe['a]we; akin
to OS. f[=a]h, OHG. f[=o] fao, Icel. f[=a]r, Sw. f[*a], pl.,
Dan. faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. pay^ros. Cf.
Paucity.]
Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; --
indicating a small portion of units or individuals
constituting a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few
people. "Are not my days few?" --Job x. 20.
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Few know and fewer care. --Proverb.
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Note: Few is often used partitively; as, few of them.
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A few, a small number.
In few, in a few words; briefly. --Shak.
No few, not few; more than a few; many. --Cowper.
The few, the minority; -- opposed to the many or the
majority.
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Fewest
(gcide) | Few \Few\ (f[=u]), a. [Compar. Fewer (f[=u]"[~e]r); superl.
Fewest.] [OE. fewe, feawe, AS. fe['a], pl. fe['a]we; akin
to OS. f[=a]h, OHG. f[=o] fao, Icel. f[=a]r, Sw. f[*a], pl.,
Dan. faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. pay^ros. Cf.
Paucity.]
Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; --
indicating a small portion of units or individuals
constituting a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few
people. "Are not my days few?" --Job x. 20.
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Few know and fewer care. --Proverb.
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Note: Few is often used partitively; as, few of them.
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A few, a small number.
In few, in a few words; briefly. --Shak.
No few, not few; more than a few; many. --Cowper.
The few, the minority; -- opposed to the many or the
majority.
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fewmet
(gcide) | Fumet \Fu"met\ (f[=u]"m[e^]t), n. [Cf. F. fumier dung, OF.
femier, fr. L. fimus dung.]
The dung of deer. --B. Jonson. [Sometimes spelled fewmet.]
FumetFewmet \Few"met\, n.
See Fumet. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Fewmet
(gcide) | Fumet \Fu"met\ (f[=u]"m[e^]t), n. [Cf. F. fumier dung, OF.
femier, fr. L. fimus dung.]
The dung of deer. --B. Jonson. [Sometimes spelled fewmet.]
FumetFewmet \Few"met\, n.
See Fumet. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Fewness
(gcide) | Fewness \Few"ness\, n.
1. The state of being few; smallness of number; paucity.
--Shak.
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2. Brevity; conciseness. [Obs.] --Shak.
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In few
(gcide) | Few \Few\ (f[=u]), a. [Compar. Fewer (f[=u]"[~e]r); superl.
Fewest.] [OE. fewe, feawe, AS. fe['a], pl. fe['a]we; akin
to OS. f[=a]h, OHG. f[=o] fao, Icel. f[=a]r, Sw. f[*a], pl.,
Dan. faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. pay^ros. Cf.
Paucity.]
Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; --
indicating a small portion of units or individuals
constituting a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few
people. "Are not my days few?" --Job x. 20.
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Few know and fewer care. --Proverb.
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Note: Few is often used partitively; as, few of them.
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A few, a small number.
In few, in a few words; briefly. --Shak.
No few, not few; more than a few; many. --Cowper.
The few, the minority; -- opposed to the many or the
majority.
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Life-weary
(gcide) | Life-weary \Life"-wea`ry\ (l[imac]f"w[=e]`r[y^]), a.
Weary of living. --Shak.
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No few
(gcide) | Few \Few\ (f[=u]), a. [Compar. Fewer (f[=u]"[~e]r); superl.
Fewest.] [OE. fewe, feawe, AS. fe['a], pl. fe['a]we; akin
to OS. f[=a]h, OHG. f[=o] fao, Icel. f[=a]r, Sw. f[*a], pl.,
Dan. faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. pay^ros. Cf.
Paucity.]
Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; --
indicating a small portion of units or individuals
constituting a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few
people. "Are not my days few?" --Job x. 20.
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Few know and fewer care. --Proverb.
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Note: Few is often used partitively; as, few of them.
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A few, a small number.
In few, in a few words; briefly. --Shak.
No few, not few; more than a few; many. --Cowper.
The few, the minority; -- opposed to the many or the
majority.
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The few
(gcide) | Few \Few\ (f[=u]), a. [Compar. Fewer (f[=u]"[~e]r); superl.
Fewest.] [OE. fewe, feawe, AS. fe['a], pl. fe['a]we; akin
to OS. f[=a]h, OHG. f[=o] fao, Icel. f[=a]r, Sw. f[*a], pl.,
Dan. faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. pay^ros. Cf.
Paucity.]
Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; --
indicating a small portion of units or individuals
constituting a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few
people. "Are not my days few?" --Job x. 20.
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Few know and fewer care. --Proverb.
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Note: Few is often used partitively; as, few of them.
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A few, a small number.
In few, in a few words; briefly. --Shak.
No few, not few; more than a few; many. --Cowper.
The few, the minority; -- opposed to the many or the
majority.
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a few
(wn) | a few
adj 1: more than one but indefinitely small in number; "a few
roses"; "a couple of roses" [syn: a few(a), {a couple
of(a)}] |
american feverfew
(wn) | American feverfew
n 1: stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with
whitish flowers; leaves traditionally used by Catawba
Indians to treat burns [syn: American feverfew, {wild
quinine}, prairie dock, Parthenium integrifolium] |
bastard feverfew
(wn) | bastard feverfew
n 1: tropical American annual weed with small radiate heads of
white flowers; adventive in southern United States [syn:
bastard feverfew, Parthenium hysterophorus] |
chafeweed
(wn) | chafeweed
n 1: weedy perennial of north temperate regions having woolly
foliage and dirty white flowers in a leafy spike [syn:
chafeweed, wood cudweed, Gnaphalium sylvaticum] |
curfew
(wn) | curfew
n 1: the time that the curfew signal is sounded
2: a signal (usually a bell) announcing the start of curfew
restrictions
3: an order that after a specific time certain activities (as
being outside on the streets) are prohibited |
feverfew
(wn) | feverfew
n 1: bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of
buttonlike white-rayed flower heads; valued traditionally
for medicinal uses; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
[syn: feverfew, Tanacetum parthenium, {Chrysanthemum
parthenium}] |
few-flowered leek
(wn) | few-flowered leek
n 1: leek producing bulbils instead of flowers; Russia and Iran
[syn: few-flowered leek, Allium paradoxum] |
fewer
(wn) | fewer
adj 1: (comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier
meaning a smaller number of; "fewer birds came this
year"; "the birds are fewer this year"; "fewer trains
were late" [ant: more(a)] |
fewest
(wn) | fewest
adj 1: (superlative of `few' used with count nouns and usually
preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the smallest in
number; "the fewest birds in recent memory" [ant:
most(a)] |
fewness
(wn) | fewness
n 1: the quality of being small in number |
lifework
(wn) | lifework
n 1: the principal work of your career |
CHAFEWAX
(bouvier) | CHAFEWAX, Eng, law. An officer in chancery who fits the wax for sealing, to
the writs, commissions and other. instruments then made to be issued out. He
is probably so called because he warms (chaufe) the wax.
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CURFEW
(bouvier) | CURFEW. The name of a law, established during the reign of the English
king, William, the conqueror, by which the people were commanded to dispense
with fire and candle at eight o'clock at night.
It was abolished in the reign of Henry I., but afterwards it signified
the time at which the curfew formerly took place. The word curfew is
derived, probably, from couvre few, or cover fire. 4 Bl. Com. 419, 420.
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