Definitions for: Less


[adv] used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs; "less interesting"; "less expensive"; "less quickly"
[adv] comparative of little; "she walks less than she should"; "he works less these days"
[adj] (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases; `we had less apples' is not acceptable) fewer; "less than three weeks"; "no less than 50 people attended"; "in 25 words or less"
[adj] (usually preceded by `no)' lower in esteem; "no less a person than the king himself"
[adj] (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality; "no less than perfect"



Webster (1913) Definition: -less (-l[e^]s). [AS. le['a]s loose, false; akin to OS.
l[=o]s loose, false, D. los loose, loos false, sly, G. los
loose, Icel. lauss loose, vacant, Goth. laus empty, vain, and
also to E. loose, lose. [root]127. See Lose, and cf.
Loose, Leasing.]
A privative adjective suffix, denoting without, destitute of,
not having; as witless, childless, fatherless.


Less (l[e^]s), conj.
Unless. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.


Less, a. [OE. lesse, AS. l[=ae]ssa; akin to OFries.
l[=e]ssa; a compar. from a lost positive form. Cf. Lesser,
Lest, Least. Less has the sense of the comparative degree
of little.]
Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter;
inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse of less size
or value; in less time than before.

Note: The substantive which less qualifies is often omitted;
as, the purse contained less (money) than ten dollars.
See Less, n.

Thus in less [time] than a hundred years from the
coming of Augustine, all England became
Christian. --E. A.
Freeman.


Less, adv. [AS. l[=ae]s. See Less, adj., and cf.
Lest.]
Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright or
loud; less beautiful.


Less, n.
1. A smaller portion or quantity.

The children of Israel did so, and gathered, some
more, some less. --Ex. xvi. 17.

2. The inferior, younger, or smaller.

The less is blessed of the better. --Heb. vii. 7.


Less, v. t.
To make less; to lessen. [Obs.] --Gower.

Synonyms: fewer, inferior, lower, to a lesser extent

Antonyms: more, to a greater extent

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