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Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one;
[syn: six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad]
2. a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips;
[syn: six-spot, six]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units;
[syn: six, 6, vi, half dozen, half-dozen]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Six \Six\, a. [AS. six, seox, siex; akin to OFries. sex, D. zes, OS. & OHG. sehs, G. sechs, Icel., Sw., & Dan. sex, Goth. sa['i]hs, Lith. szeszi, Russ. sheste, Gael. & Ir. se, W. chwech, L. sex, Gr. ??, Per. shesh, Skr. shash. [root]304. Cf. Hexagon, Hexameter, Samite, Senary, Sextant, Sice.] One more than five; twice three; as, six yards. [1913 Webster] Six Nations (Ethnol.), a confederation of North American Indians formed by the union of the Tuscaroras and the Five Nations. Six points circle. (Geom.) See Nine points circle, under Nine. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Six \Six\, n. 1. The number greater by a unit than five; the sum of three and three; six units or objects. [1913 Webster] 2. A symbol representing six units, as 6, vi., or VI. [1913 Webster] To be at six and seven or To be at sixes and sevens, (a) to be in disorder. --Bacon. --Shak. --Swift. (b) to be in a dispute or disagreement; -- often used with with. [1913 Webster +PJC]
