the score in a game of cricket when a player hits the ball and it reaches the boundary. If it reaches the boundary without touching the ground, it is a six.
Synonyms and related words
Cricket
the Ashes
at stumps
bail
3
a narrow rowing boat for four people, used in a boat race
Synonyms and related words
Rowing
the Boat Race
cox
coxswain
Synonyms and related words
Types of boat or ship
barge
boat
bowser
3a
the team of people who row the boat
Synonyms and related words
Rowing
the Boat Race
cox
coxswain
phrases
on all fours
four
noun countable
US /fɔr/
Other entries for this word
fournumber
two-fournoun
four-eyesnoun
four-staradjective
four-posternoun
petit fournoun
four-by-fournoun
four-flushernoun
four-leaf clovernoun
four-letter wordnoun
four-wall profitnoun
four-wheel drivenoun
these four wallsphrase
four-star generalnoun
twenty-four sevenadverb
four-dimensional chessnoun
Nineteen Eighty-Four
three/four/five etc. months gonephrase
once every three days/four years etc.phrase
scatter something to the (four) windsphrase
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Word Forms
singular
four
plural
fours
DEFINITIONS2
1
a group of four people or things
Stack the crates in fours.
Synonyms and related words
Specific numbers of people or things
baker’s dozen
brace
couple
2
a narrow rowboat for four people, used in a boat race