five : Idioms & Phrases

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eighty-five

  • adjective satellite being five more than eighty
    lxxxv; 85.
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fifty-five

  • adjective satellite being five more than fifty
    55; lv.
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five dollar bill

  • noun a United States bill worth 5 dollars
    five dollar bill; fiver.
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five hundred

  • noun the cardinal number that is the product of one hundred and five
    500; D.
  • noun a card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand
    euchre.
  • adjective satellite denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units
    500; d.
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five iron

  • noun middle-distance iron
    mashie.
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Five nations

  • noun a league of Iroquois tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca (the Five Nations); after 1722 they were joined by the Tuscarora (the Six Nations)
    Iroquois League; Six Nations; League of Iroquois.
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  • (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.
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five spice powder

  • noun Chinese seasoning made by grinding star anise and fennel and pepper and cloves and cinnamon
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five-finger

  • noun any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties
    cinquefoil.
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Five"-fin`ger noun
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  1. (Bot.) See Cinquefoil.
  2. (Zoöl.) A starfish with five rays, esp. Asterias rubens.
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five-fingered maidenhair fern

  • noun hardy palmately branched North American fern with divergent recurved branches borne on lustrous dark reddish stipes
    American maidenhair fern; Adiantum pedatum.
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five-flowered gentian

  • noun gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers
    Gentiana quinquefolia; Gentianella quinquefolia; stiff gentian; agueweed; ague weed.
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five-fold

  • adjective satellite having five units or components
    quintuple; fivefold.
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five-hitter

  • noun a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 5 hits
    5-hitter.
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five-hundredth

  • adjective satellite the ordinal number of five hundred in counting order
    500th.
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five-leaf

Five"-leaf` noun
Definitions
  1. Cinquefoil; five-finger.
Webster 1913

five-leafed

Five"-leafed`, Five"-leaved` adjective (Also<
  • Five-leafed
  • Five-leaved
)
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Having five leaflets, as the Virginia creeper.
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five-lobed

  • adjective satellite having five lobes
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five-membered

  • adjective satellite of a chemical compound having a ring with five members
    5-membered.
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five-needled

  • adjective satellite (of conifers) having five needles
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five-petaled

  • adjective satellite (of flowers) having five petals
    five-petaled.
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five-petalled

  • adjective satellite (of flowers) having five petals
    five-petaled.
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five-point bishop's cap

  • noun small plant with leaves in a basal cluster and tiny greenish flowers in slender racemes; northwestern North America to California and Colorado
    Mitella pentandra.
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five-pointed

  • adjective satellite having five points
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five-sided

  • adjective satellite having five sides
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five-spot

  • noun a United States bill worth 5 dollars
    five dollar bill; fiver.
  • noun California annual having white flowers with a deep purple blotch on each petal
    Nemophila maculata.
  • noun a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips
    five.
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five-star admiral

  • noun an admiral of the highest rank
    fleet admiral.
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five-twenties

Five`-twen"ties noun plural
Definitions
  1. Five-twenty bonds of the United States (bearing six per cent interest), issued in 1862, '64, and '65, redeemable after five and payable in twenty years.
Webster 1913

five-year-old

  • adjective satellite five years of age
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forty-five

  • noun a .45-caliber pistol
  • adjective satellite being five more than forty
    xlv; 45.
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high-five

  • noun a gesture of greeting or elation; one person's upraised palm slaps the upraised palm of another person
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Marsh five-finger

  • . (Bot.) See Marsh cinquefoil (above).
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ninety-five

  • adjective satellite being five more than ninety
    xcv; 95.
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one hundred fifty-five

  • adjective satellite being five more than one hundred fifty
    clv; 155.
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one hundred five

  • adjective satellite being five more than one hundred
    cv; 105.
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one hundred forty-five

  • adjective satellite being five more than one hundred forty
    145; cxlv.
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one hundred seventy-five

  • adjective satellite being five more than one hundred seventy
    175; clxxv.
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one hundred sixty-five

  • adjective satellite being five more than one hundred sixty
    165; clxv.
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one hundred thirty-five

  • adjective satellite being five more than one hundred thirty
    cxxxv; 135.
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one hundred twenty-five

  • adjective satellite being five more than one hundred twenty
    cxxv; 125.
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seventy-five

  • adjective satellite being five more than seventy
    75; lxxv.
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sixty-five

  • adjective satellite being five more than sixty
    lxv; 65.
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take five

  • verb take a break for five minutes
    • The musicians took five during the rehearsal
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The five wits

  • the five senses; also, sometimes, the five qualities or faculties, common wit, imagination, fantasy, estimation, and memory.
Webster 1913

thirty-five

  • adjective satellite being five more than thirty
    xxxv; 35.
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twenty-five

  • noun the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-four and one
    25; XXV.
  • adjective satellite being five more than twenty
    25; xxv.
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twenty-five percent

  • noun one of four equal parts
    fourth part; one-quarter; quartern; one-fourth; fourth; quarter.
    • a quarter of a pound
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