2 definitions found
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. ``As one near
death.'' --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. ``The nearest way.''
--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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
nearer
adj : (comparative of `near') being the one of two that is less
distant in space; "we walked to the nearer house"
adv : (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter
distance; "come closer, my dear!"; "they drew nearer";
"getting nearer to the true explanation" [syn: {nigher},
{closer}]
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