Associations to the word «Few»

Wiktionary

FEW, pronoun. Few people, few things.
FEW, proper noun. (British) The pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain
FEW AND FAR BETWEEN, adjective. (idiomatic) Rare and scarce.

Dictionary definition

FEW, noun. A small elite group; "it was designed for the discriminating few".
FEW, adjective. A quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number; "a few weeks ago"; "a few more wagons than usual"; "an invalid's pleasures are few and far between"; "few roses were still blooming"; "few women have led troops in battle".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats