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English Dictionary: Ne-ar	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Ne-ar
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Near \Near\, prep. Adjacent to; close by; not far from; nigh; as, the ship sailed near the land. See the Note under {near}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Near \Near\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Neared}; p. pr. & vb. n {Nearing}.] [See {Near}, adv.] To approach; to come nearer; as, the ship neared the land.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Near \Near\, v. i. To draw near; to approach. A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist! And still it neared, and neared. --Coleridge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Near \Near\ (n[emac]r), adv. [AS. ne[a0]r, compar. of ne[a0]h nigh. See {Nigh}.] 1. At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh. My wife! my traitress! let her not come near me. --Milton. 2. Nearly; almost; well-nigh. [bd]Near twenty years ago.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Near a fortnight ago.[b8] --Addison. Near about the yearly value of the land. --Locke. 3. Closely; intimately. --Shak. {Far and near}, at a distance and close by; throughout a whole region. {To come near to}, to want but little of; to approximate to. [bd]Such a sum he found would go near to ruin him.[b8] --Addison. {Near the wind} (Naut.), close to the wind; closehauled.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Near \Near\, a. [Compar. {Nearer}; superl. {Nearest}.] [See {Near}, adv.] 1. Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote; close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh. [bd]As one near death.[b8] --Shak. He served great Hector, and was ever near, Not with his trumpet only, but his spear. --Dryden. 2. Closely connected or related. She is thy father's near kinswoman. --Lev. xviii. 12. 3. Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend. 4. Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling; as, a version near to the original. 5. So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow; as, a near escape. 6. Next to the driver, when he is on foot; in the Unted States, on the left of an animal or a team; as, the near ox; the near leg. See {Off side}, under {Off}, a. 7. Immediate; direct; close; short. [bd]The nearest way.[b8] --Milton. 8. Close-fisted; parsimonious. [Obs. or Low, Eng.] Note: Near may properly be followed by to before the thing approached'; but more frequently to is omitted, and the adjective or the adverb is regarded as a preposition. The same is also true of the word nigh. Syn: Nigh; close; adjacent; proximate; contiguous; present; ready; intimate; dear.