Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Five \Five\ (f[imac]v), n.
   1. The number next greater than four, and less than six; five
      units or objects.

            Five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
                                                  --Matt. xxv.
                                                  2.

   2. A symbol representing this number, as 5, or V.

Five \Five\, a. [OE. fif, five, AS. f[=i]f, f[=i]fe; akin to D.
   vijf, OS. f[=i]f, OHG. finf, funf, G. f["u]nf, Icel. fimm,
   Sw. & Sw. Dan. fem, Goth. fimf, Lith. penki, W. pump, OIr.
   c['o]ic, L. quinque, Gr. ?, [AE]ol. ?, Skr. pa?can.
   [root]303. Cf. {Fifth}, {Cinque}, {Pentagon}, {Punch} the
   drink, {Quinary}.]
   Four and one added; one more than four.

Source : WordNet®

five
     adj : being one more than four [syn: {5}, {v}]

five
     n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn: {5},
           {V}, {cinque}, {quint}, {quintet}, {fivesome}, {quintuplet},
           {pentad}, {fin}, {Phoebe}, {Little Phoebe}]
     2: a team that plays basketball [syn: {basketball team}]