four

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sayı A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••)

   “There are four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter.”

2. sayı Describing a set or group with four elements.
3. isim The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
4. isim Anything measuring four units, as length.

   “Do you have any more fours? I want to make this a little taller.”

5. isim Four o'clock.

   “Letters to Sheffield are despatched every morning at six, and arrive every afternoon at ten minutes past four.”

6. isim A person who is four years old.

   “I'll take the threes, fours and fives and go to the playground.”

7. isim An event in which the batsmen run four times between the wickets or, more often, a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a boundary, resulting in an award of 4 runs for the batting team. If the ball does not bounce before passing over the boundary, a six is awarded instead.
8. isim A power forward.
9. isim The shell itself.

   “The team bought a new four last season.”

10. isim The crew rowing in a four boat.

    “Our four won both races.”

11. isim A regatta event for four boats.

    “We got third place in the varsity four.”

12. isim A four-pennyworth of spirits.

    “I was a-strollin' down, thinkin' between ourselves how uncommon handy a four of gin hot would be, when suddenly the glint of a light caught my eye in the window of that same house.”