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adjective
1.
of a smaller number: fewer words and more action.
pronoun
2.
(used with a plural verb) a smaller number: Fewer have come than we hoped.
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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adjective
1.
not many but more than one: Few artists live luxuriously.
noun
2.
(used with a plural verb) a small number or amount: Send me a few.
3.
the few, a special, limited number; the minority: That music appeals to the few.
pronoun
Idioms4.
(used with a plural verb) a small number of persons or things: A dozen people volunteered, but few have shown up.
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few and far between, at widely separated intervals; infrequent: In Nevada the towns are few and far between.
6.
quite a few, a fairly large number; many: There were quite a few interesting things to do.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English fewe, Old English fēawe; cognate with Gothic fawai; akin to Latin paucus few, paulus little, pauper poor, Greek paûros little, few
before 900; Middle English fewe, Old English fēawe; cognate with Gothic fawai; akin to Latin paucus few, paulus little, pauper poor, Greek paûros little, few
Related forms
o·ver·few, adjective
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few
O.E. feawe (contracted to fea), from Gmc. *faw- (cf. O.N. far, Dan. faa, O.Fris. fe, O.H.G. foh "little," Goth. fawai "few"), from PIE *pau- "smallness" (cf. L. paucus "few, little," paullus "little," pauper "poor;" Gk. pauros "few, little," pais (gen. paidos) "child;" L. puer "child, boy," pullus "young
EXPANDanimal;" Oscan puklu "child;" Skt. potah "a young animal," putrah "son;" O.C.S. puta "bird;" Lith. putytis "young animal, young bird"). Always plural in O.E. Phrase few and far between attested from 1668. Unusual ironic use in quite a few "many" (1883), earlier a good few (1828).
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"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." [Winston Churchill, 1940]
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