six

Noun · Adjective

Synonyms: 6 VI sixer sise Captain Hicks half a dozen sextet sestet sextuplet hexad six-spot vi

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and oneSynonyms: 6 VI sixer sise Captain Hicks half a dozen sextet sestet sextuplet hexad
a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pipsSynonyms: six-spot

Adjective (1)

denoting a quantity consisting of six items or unitsSynonyms: 6 vi half dozen half-dozen

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Six \Six\, n.

1.The number greater by a unit than five; the sum of three and three; six units or objects. [1913 Webster]

2.A symbol representing six units, as 6, vi., or VI. [1913 Webster]

To be at six and seven or To be at sixes and sevens, (a) to be in disorder. --Bacon. --Shak. --Swift. (b) to be in a dispute or disagreement; -- often used with with. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Six \Six\, a. [AS. six, seox, siex; akin to OFries. sex, D. zes, OS. & OHG. sehs, G. sechs, Icel., Sw., & Dan. sex, Goth. sa['i]hs, Lith. szeszi, Russ. sheste, Gael. & Ir. se, W. chwech, L. sex, Gr. ??, Per. shesh, Skr. shash. [root]304. Cf. Hexagon, Hexameter, Samite, Senary, Sextant, Sice.] One more than five; twice three; as, six yards. [1913 Webster]

Six Nations (Ethnol.), a confederation of North American Indians formed by the union of the Tuscaroras and the Five Nations.

Six points circle. (Geom.) See Nine points circle, under Nine. [1913 Webster]