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Six   /sɪks/   Listen
Six

adjective
1.
Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.  Synonyms: 6, half-dozen, half dozen, vi.
noun
1.
The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.  Synonyms: 6, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, hexad, sestet, sextet, sextuplet, sise, sixer, VI.
2.
A playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips.  Synonym: six-spot.



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"Six" Quotes from Famous Books



... similar soil but make no holes for drainage. Plant in each can a healthy plant of the same size and kind. Water both till the soil is saturated and continue watering every two or three days for six weeks. Note (1) the progress of the plants, (2) the temperature of the soils, (3) which plant has the largest and deepest roots. (See Bulletin 174, Ontario Department ...
— Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study • Ontario Ministry of Education

... he beheld a dismal sight; six poor creatures chained to each other by links connected with the prison wall! The prisoners shrunk within themselves at the sight of a man, and one of them uttered a shriek of terror, mistaking the character of their visitor. He told them that he was their friend; and his name ...
— A Visit To The United States In 1841 • Joseph Sturge

... seven years of marriage, when his boy was barely six. During those seven years he had managed to squander the best part of the fortune he had inherited from his step-brother; so that, at his death, his widow and son were left with a scant competence. ...
— Sanctuary • Edith Wharton

... Engagement is unlawfull and sinfull, as being a breach of Covenant, and so contrary to the Word of God; that the present Engagement is a breach of Covenant may appear by comparing it with each of the Articles, for it is against all the six ...
— The Acts Of The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland

... his notepad. "Ah, that would make it number, ah, six thousand forty-two. We'll have one of the ...
— The Premiere • Richard Sabia


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