Few

  1. Proper noun.  (British) The pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain.
  2. Determiner.  (context, preceded by another determiner) An indefinite, but usually small, number of.
  3. Determiner.  (context, used alone) Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of.
  4. Determiner.  (meteorology, of clouds) ''(US?)'' Obscuring one eighth to two eighths of the sky.
  5. Determiner.  (meteorology, of rainfall with regard to a location) ''(US?)'' Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated.
  6. Pronoun.  Few people, few things.

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