four

A numerical value equal to 4; the number following three and preceding five.

• There are four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Describing a set or group with four elements.

The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.countable

Anything measuring four units, as length.countable

• Do you have any more fours? I want to make this a little taller.

Four o'clock.countableuncountable

• Letters to Sheffield are despatched every morning at six, and arrive every afternoon at ten minutes past four.
• Frederick, I presume, at this late hour of four, may be snatching a morsel of dinner; […]

A person who is four years old.countableuncountable

• I'll take the threes, fours and fives and go to the playground.

An event in which the batsmen run four times between the wickets or, more often, a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a boundary, resulting in an award of 4 runs for the batting team. If the ball does not bounce before passing over the boundary, a six is awarded instcountable

A power forward.countable

Four-man sweep racing shell, with or without a coxswain.; The shell itself.countableuncountable

• The team bought a new four last season.

Four-man sweep racing shell, with or without a coxswain.; The crew rowing in a four boat.countableuncountable

• Our four won both races.

Four-man sweep racing shell, with or without a coxswain.; A regatta event for four boats.colloquialcountableuncountable

• We got third place in the varsity four.

A four-pennyworth of spirits.countableobsoleteuncountable

• I was a-strollin' down, thinkin' between ourselves how uncommon handy a four of gin hot would be, when suddenly the glint of a light caught my eye in the window of that same house.