Two

4 definitions found

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

  Two \Two\ (t[=oo]), a. [OE. two, twa, properly fem. & neut.,
     twei, twein, tweien, properly masc. (whence E. twain), AS.
     tw[=a], fem. & neut., tw[=e]gen, masc., t[=u], neut.; akin to
     OFries. tw[=e]ne, masc., tw[=a], fem. & neut., OS. tw[=e]ne,
     masc., tw[=a], fem., tw[=e], neut., D. twee, OHG. zw[=e]ne,
     zw[=o], zwei, G. zwei, Icel. tveir, tv[ae]r, tvau, Sw.


     tv[*a], Dan. to, Goth. twai, tw[=o]s, twa; Lith. du, Russ.
     dva, Ir. & Gael. da, W. dau, dwy, L. duo, Gr. dy`o, Skr. dva.
     [root]300. Cf. {Balance}, {Barouche}, {Between}, {Bi-},
     {Combine}, {Deuce} two in cards, {Double}, {Doubt}, {Dozen},
     {Dual}, {Duet}, {Dyad}, {Twain}, {Twelve}, {Twenty}, {Twice},
     {Twilight}, {Twig}, {Twine}, n., {Twist}.]
     One and one; twice one. "Two great lights." --Gen. i. 16.
     "Two black clouds." --Milton.
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     Note: Two is often joined with other words, forming compounds
           signifying divided into, consisting of, or having, two
           parts, divisions, organs, or the like; as two-bladed,
           two-celled, two-eared, two-flowered, twohand,
           two-headed, two-horse, two-leafed or two-leaved,
           two-legged, two-lobed, two-masted, two-named, two-part,
           two-petaled, two-pronged, two-seeded, two-sided,
           two-story, two-stringed, two-toothed, two-valved,
           two-winged, and the like.
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     {One or two}, a phrase often used indefinitely for a small
        number.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Two \Two\, n.
     1. The sum of one and one; the number next greater than one,
        and next less than three; two units or objects.
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     2. A symbol representing two units, as 2, II., or ii.
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     {In two}, asunder; into two parts; in halves; in twain; as,
        cut in two.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  two
       adj : being one more than one; "he received two messages" [syn: {2},
              {ii}]
       n : the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a
           numeral representing this number [syn: {2}, {II}, {deuce}]

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

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "two":
     biform, bifurcated, bilateral, bipartisan, bipartite, both, brace,
     couple, couplet, dichotomous, distich, double, double harness,
     doublet, duad, duadic, dual, dualistic, duet, duo, duplex,
     duplicated, dyad, dyadic, identical, match, matched, mates, pair,
     set of two, span, team, the two, twain, twin, twinned, two-sided,
     twosome, yoke