Definitions for: Few

[n] a small elite group; "it was designed for the discriminating few"
[n] an indefinite but relatively small number; "they bought a case of beer and drank a few"
[adj] (quantifier used with count nouns; often preceded by `a') a small 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: Few (f[=u]), a. [Compar. Fewer; 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
constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few
people. ``Are not my days few?'' --Job x. 20.

Few know and fewer care. --Proverb.

Note: Few is often used partitively; as, few of them.

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.

Synonyms: a couple of(a), a few(a), hardly a(a)

Antonyms: many

See Also: elite, fewer, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, some(a)

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