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  1. 1. superl. Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people. Source: opted
  2. 2. adj. a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by ‘a’; a small but indefinite number Source: wordnet
  3. 3. n. a small elite group Source: wordnet
  4. 4. Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people. "Are not my days few" Job x. 20. Few know and fewer care. Proverb. Note: Few is often used partitively; as, few of them. A few, a small number. -- In few, in a few words; briefly. Shak. - No few, not few; more than a few; many. Cowper. - The few, the minority; -- opposed to the many or the majority. Source: webster
  5. 5. Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicatinga small portion of units or individuals constituing a whole; often,by ellipsis of a noun, a few people. "Are not my days few" Job x. 20.Few know and fewer care. Proverb. Source: adambom
  6. 6. d:100 n. a small elite group a. a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number Source: ecdict

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