Far

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Far \Far\, n. [See {Farrow}.] (Zool.)
     A young pig, or a litter of pigs.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Far \Far\, a. [{Farther}and {Farthest}are used as the compar.
     and superl. of far, although they are corruptions arising
     from confusion with further and furthest. See {Further}.]
     [OE. fer, feor, AS. feor; akin to OS. fer, D. ver, OHG.
     ferro, adv., G. fern, a., Icel. fjarri, Dan. fjirn, Sw.
     fjerran, adv., Goth. fa[imac]rra, adv., Gr. ????? beyond,
     Skr. paras, adv., far, and prob. to L. per through, and E.
     prefix for-, as in forgive, and also to fare. Cf. {Farther},
     {Farthest}.]
     1. Distant in any direction; not near; remote; mutually
        separated by a wide space or extent.
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              They said, . . . We be come from a far country.
                                                    --Josh. ix. 6.
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              The nations far and near contend in choice.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. Remote from purpose; contrary to design or wishes; as, far
        be it from me to justify cruelty.
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     3. Remote in affection or obedience; at a distance, morally
        or spiritually; t enmity with; alienated.
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              They that are far from thee ahsll perish. --Ps.
                                                    lxxiii. 27.
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     4. Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in
        character.
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              He was far from ill looking, though he thought
              himself still farther.                --F. Anstey.
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     5. The more distant of two; as, the far side (called also off
        side) of a horse, that is, the right side, or the one
        opposite to the rider when he mounts.
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     Note: The distinction between the adjectival and adverbial
           use of far is sometimes not easily discriminated.
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     {By far}, by much; by a great difference.
  
     {Far between}, with a long distance (of space or time)
        between; at long intervals. "The examinations are few and
        far between." --Farrar.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Far \Far\, adv.
     1. To a great extent or distance of space; widely; as, we are
        separated far from each other.
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     2. To a great distance in time from any point; remotely; as,
        he pushed his researches far into antiquity.
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     3. In great part; as, the day is far spent.
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     4. In a great proportion; by many degrees; very much; deeply;
        greatly.
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              Who can find a virtuous woman ? for her price is far
              above rubies.                         --Prov. xxxi.
                                                    10.
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     {As far as}, to the extent, or degree, that. See {As far as},
        under {As}.
  
     {Far off}.
        (a) At a great distance, absolutely or relatively.
        (b) Distant in sympathy or affection; alienated. "But now,
            in Christ Jesus, ye who some time were far off are
            made nigh by the blood of Christ." --Eph. ii. 13.
  
     {Far other}, different by a great degree; not the same; quite
        unlike. --Pope.
  
     {Far and near}, at a distance and close by; throughout a
        whole region.
  
     {Far and wide}, distantly and broadly; comprehensively. "Far
        and wide his eye commands." --Milton.
  
     {From far}, from a great distance; from a remote place.
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     Note: Far often occurs in self-explaining compounds, such as
           far-extended, far-reaching, far-spread.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  far
       adj 1: at a great distance in time or space or degree; "we come
              from a far country"; "far corners of the earth"; "the
              far future"; "a far journey"; "the far side of the
              road"; "far from the truth"; "far in the future" [ant:
               {near}]
       2: being of a considerable distance or length; "a far trek"
       3: being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the
          right side of an animal or vehicle; "the horse on the
          right is the far horse"; "the right side is the far side
          of the horse"
       4: beyond a norm in opinion or actions; "the far right"
       n : a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the
           government dominated by Tutsi and to reinstitute Hutu
           control; "in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed
           eight foreign tourists" [syn: {Army for the Liberation of
           Rwanda}, {ALIR}, {Former Armed Forces}, {Interahamwe}]
       adv 1: to a considerable degree; very much; "a far far better thing
              that I do"; "felt far worse than yesterday"; "eyes far
              too close together"
       2: at or to or from a great distance in space; "he traveled
          far"; "strayed far from home"; "sat far away from each
          other"
       3: at or to a certain point or degree; "I can only go so far
          before I have to give up"; "how far can we get with this
          kind of argument?"
       4: remote in time; "if we could see far into the future"; "all
          that happened far in the past"
       5: to an advanced stage or point; "a young man who will go very
          far"
       [also: {further}, {farther}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "far":
     abase, afar, afar off, apart, asunder, at a distance, away, by far,
     considerably, distal, distant, exotic, far and away, far and wide,
     far away, far off, far-flung, far-off, faraway, long-distance,
     long-range, out and away, out of sight, outlying, quite, rather,
     remote, removed, separated, significantly, somewhat
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  FAR
       Fixed Alternative Routing (SNI)
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  FAR
       False Acception Rate
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  FAR
       Flow Admission Request [message] (LFAP)