Crossword clues for farther
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Far \Far\, a. [ Fartherand Farthestare used as the compar. and superl. of far, although they are corruptions arising from confusion with further and furthest. See Further.] [OE. fer, feor, AS. feor; akin to OS. fer, D. ver, OHG. ferro, adv., G. fern, a., Icel. fjarri, Dan. fjirn, Sw. fjerran, adv., Goth. fa[=i]rra, adv., Gr. ????? beyond, Skr. paras, adv., far, and prob. to L. per through, and E. prefix for-, as in forgive, and also to fare. Cf. Farther, Farthest.]
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Distant in any direction; not near; remote; mutually separated by a wide space or extent.
They said, . . . We be come from a far country.
--Josh. ix. 6.The nations far and near contend in choice.
--Dryden. Remote from purpose; contrary to design or wishes; as, far be it from me to justify cruelty.
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Remote in affection or obedience; at a distance, morally or spiritually; t enmity with; alienated.
They that are far from thee ahsll perish.
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Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character.
He was far from ill looking, though he thought himself still farther.
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The more distant of two; as, the far side (called also off side) of a horse, that is, the right side, or the one opposite to the rider when he mounts.
Note: The distinction between the adjectival and adverbial use of far is sometimes not easily discriminated.
By far, by much; by a great difference.
Far between, with a long distance (of space or time) between; at long intervals. ``The examinations are few and far between.''
--Farrar.
Farther \Far"ther\ (f[aum]r"[th][~e]r), a., compar. of Far. [superl. Farthest (-[th][e^]st). See Further.] [For farrer, OE. ferrer, compar. of far; confused with further. Cf. Farthest.]
More remote; more distant than something else.
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Tending to a greater distance; beyond a certain point; additional; further.
Before our farther way the fates allow.
--Dryden.Let me add a farther Truth.
--Dryden.Some farther change awaits us.
--MIlton.
Farther \Far"ther\, adv.
At or to a greater distance; more remotely; beyond; as, let us rest with what we have, without looking farther.
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Moreover; by way of progress in treating a subject; as, farther, let us consider the probable event.
No farther, (used elliptically for) go no farther; say no more, etc.
It will be dangerous to go on. No farther !
--Shak.
Farther \Far"ther\, v. t. To help onward. [R.] See Further.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "front;" variant of further (adj.). From 1510s as "additional;" 1560s as "more remote."
15c. alteration of Middle English ferther (c.1300), a variant of further (adv.). There is no historical basis for the notion that farther is of physical distance and further of degree or quality.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparativefar) Of or pertaining to being distant, or of greater distance in degree or of extension in time. adv. (en-comparative of far POS=adverb)
WordNet
See far
adj. at a great distance in time or space or degree; "we come from a far country"; "far corners of the earth"; "the far future"; "a far journey"; "the far side of the road"; "far from the truth"; "far in the future" [ant: near]
being of a considerable distance or length; "a far trek"
being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle; "the horse on the right is the far horse"; "the right side is the far side of the horse"
beyond a norm in opinion or actions; "the far right"
adv. to a considerable degree; very much; "a far far better thing that I do"; "felt far worse than yesterday"; "eyes far too close together"
at or to or from a great distance in space; "he traveled far"; "strayed far from home"; "sat far away from each other"
at or to a certain point or degree; "I can only go so far before I have to give up"; "how far can we get with this kind of argument?"
remote in time; "if we could see far into the future"; "all that happened far in the past"
to an advanced stage or point; "a young man who will go very far"
adj. more distant in especially space or time; "they live in the farther house"
more distant in especially degree; "nothing could be further from the truth"; "further from our expectations"; "farther from the truth"; "farther from our expectations" [syn: further]
adv. to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense); "further complicated by uncertainty about the future"; "let's not discuss it further"; "nothing could be further from the truth"; "they are further along in their research than we expected"; "the application of the law was extended farther"; "he is going no farther in his studies" [syn: further]
to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense); "farther north"; "moved farther away"; "farther down the corridor"; "the practice may go back still farther to the Druids"; "went only three miles further"; "further in the future" [syn: further]
Usage examples of "farther".
Persian Government, General Quinan, who was commanding in Iraq, had been ordered on July 22 to be ready to occupy the oil refinery at Abadan and the oilfields, together with those two hundred and fifty miles farther north near Khanaqin.
As Adams had never been farther south than Philadelphia, Jefferson had been no farther north than New York.
The date was Tuesday, February 17, 1778, and, as Adams had no way of knowing, it marked the beginning of what would become a singular odyssey, in which he would journey farther in all, both by sea and land, than any other leader of the American cause.
In desperation Max tried to push his adaptor arm out even farther and nearly damaged himself.
Ballintubber, but they felt different: lighter, airier, with the trees spaced farther apart and well-worn paths meandering among them.
It was their intention to have proceeded farther that day, but their progress was interrupted by an affair between their Albanian guard and the primate of the village.
Back then, people were still justifiably worried about encountering hostile aliens as CST wormholes were continually opened on new planets farther and farther away from Earth.
Nadon could command it to strike, but in order to get within range of its stinging spines, Alima would have to move a couple of steps farther down the path.
Alphonse ride in silence and Alphonse watches the people getting on and off the trolley, more getting off than on as they travel farther and farther west.
Orpheus and Amphion went a little farther, and by the charms of music enchanted things merely inanimate.
There was a thud below him as the baffled cat fell back to earth, and then Tarzan of the Apes, drawing his dinner farther up to the safety of a higher limb, looked down with grinning face into the gleaming yellow eyes of the other wild beast that glared up at him from beneath, and with taunting insults flaunted the tender carcass of his kill in the face of him whom he had cheated of it.
It is easy to see that the effect of this action, which is called the revolution of the apsides, or, as the word means, the movement of the poles of the ellipse, is to bring the earth, when a given hemisphere is turned toward the sun, sometimes in the part of the orbit which is nearest the source of light and heat, and sometimes farther away.
Without precisely regretting the circumstances which had made it impossible for herself to shine farther afield than York and Scarborough, she was determined that Arabella should not be similarly circumscribed.
However, as in the case of mammoth, well-defined bison kill sites similar to those farther south have not been discovered in eastern Beringia, although a few identifiable bison remains have been found in archeological sites.
Nor are these all, For we suspect a farther fraud than this: Take off our veil, that shadows many depart, And shapes appear, beloved Arete -- So, Another face of things presents itself, Than did of late.