'Five' definitions:

Definition of 'five'

From: WordNet
adjective
Being one more than four [syn: five, 5, v]
noun
The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn: five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe]
noun
A team that plays basketball [syn: basketball team, five]
noun
A playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips [syn: five-spot, five]

Definition of 'Five'

From: GCIDE
  • Five \Five\ (f[imac]v), a. [OE. fif, five, AS. f[imac]f, f[imac]fe; akin to D. vijf, OS. f[imac]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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Five'

From: GCIDE
  • Five \Five\ (f[imac]v), n.
  • 1. The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects. [1913 Webster]
  • Five of them were wise, and five were foolish. --Matt. xxv. 2. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A symbol representing this number, as 5, or V. [1913 Webster]