far | Lernwerd

Forms

1.Distant; remote in space.
- He went to a far land.
- And they went to Ioshua vnto the campe at Gilgal, and said vnto him, and to the men of Israel, Wee be come from a farre countrey: Now therefore make ye a league with vs.
2.Remote in time.
- The beach isn't far from here.
- Tom had a farm not too far from Boston.
- How far do we have to go?
3.Long.
- The beach isn't far from here.
- Tom had a farm not too far from Boston.
- How far do we have to go?
4.More remote of two.
- See those two mountains? The ogre lives on the far one.
- He moved to the far end of the state. She remained at this end.
- At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook.

1.To, from or over a great distance in space, time or other extent.
- You have all come far and you will go further.
- Over time, his views moved far away from mine.
- You've gone far enough. Actually, a bit too far.
2.Very much; by a great amount.
- I saw a tiny figure far below me.
- He was far richer than we'd thought.
- The expense far exceeds what I expected.

1.Emmer (a type of wheat), especially in the context of Roman use of it.
- A cataplasm made from any meal is heating, whether it be of wheat, or of far, or barley, or bitter vetch, ..
- Almost all the rustic writers agree in this, that far is most proper for wet clay land, and triticum for dry land. 'In wet red clays,' says Cato, 'sow far; and in dry, clean, and open lands, sow triticum.'

Very common· #266

Inherited from Middle English ferre, fer, Old English feor, feorr

From Proto-Germanic *ferrai