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

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.