four

four
four [fo: US fo:r] number, n
[: Old English; Origin: feower]
1.) the number 4
▪ She is married with four children.
▪ They arrived just after four (=four o'clock) .
▪ Luke will soon be four (=four years old) .
2.) on all fours
supporting your body with your hands and knees
▪ He was down on all fours playing with the puppy.
3.) in fours
in groups of four people or things
▪ The boxes were stacked in fours.
→↑foursome
4.)
a hit in ↑cricket that scores four ↑runs because it goes over the edge of the playing area
5.)
a team of four people who row a racing boat, or the boat that they row
6.) the four corners of the Earth/world
literary places or countries that are very far away from each other
▪ People from the four corners of the world have come to Ontario to make it their home.
→four ply at ↑ply2

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