Three \Three\, n.

1. The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects. [1913 Webster]

2. A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii. [1913 Webster]

Rule of three. (Arith.) See under Rule, n. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Three \Three\ (thr[=e]), a. [OE. [thorn]re, [thorn]reo, [thorn]ri, AS. [thorn]r[imac], masc., [thorn]re['o], fem. and neut.; akin to OFries. thre, OS. thria, threa, D. drie, G. drei, OHG. dr[imac], Icel. [thorn]r[imac]r, Dan. & Sw. tre, Goth. [thorn]reis, Lith. trys, Ir., Gael. & W. tri, Russ.

1. Cf. 3d Drilling, Tern, a., Third, Thirteen, Thirty, Tierce, Trey, Tri-, Triad, Trinity, Tripod.]

One more than two; two and one. "I offer thee three things." --2 Sam. xxiv. 12. [1913 Webster]

Three solemn aisles approach the shrine. --Keble. [1913 Webster]

Note: Three is often joined with other words, forming compounds signifying divided into, composed of, or containing, three parts, portions, organs, or the like; as, three-branched, three-capsuled, three-celled, three-cleft, three-edged, three-foot, three-footed, three-forked, three-grained, three-headed, three-legged, three-mouthed, three-nooked, three-petaled, three-pronged, three-ribbed, three-seeded, three-stringed, three-toed, and the like. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

three adj : being one more than two [syn: 3, iii]

noun

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one [syn: 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-ace]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Three \Three\, n.

1. The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.

2. A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.

Rule of three. (Arith.) See under Rule, n.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Three \Three\, a. [OE. [thorn]re, [thorn]reo, [thorn]ri, AS. [thorn]r[=i], masc., [thorn]re['o], fem. and neut.; akin to OFries. thre, OS. thria, threa, D. drie, G. drei, OHG. dr[=i], Icel. [thorn]r[=i]r, Dan. & Sw. tre, Goth. [thorn]reis, Lith. trys, Ir., Gael. & W. tri, Russ. tri, L.

1. Cf. 3d Drilling, Tern, a., Third, Thirteen, Thirty, Tierce, Trey, Tri-, Triad, Trinity, Tripod.]

One more than two; two and one. ``I offer thee three things.'' --2 Sam. xxiv. 12.

Three solemn aisles approach the shrine. --Keble.

Note: Three is often joined with other words, forming compounds signifying divided into, composed of, or containing, three parts, portions, organs, or the like; as, three-branched, three-capsuled, three-celled, three-cleft, three-edged, three-foot, three-footed, three-forked, three-grained, three-headed, three-legged, three-mouthed, three-nooked, three-petaled, three-pronged, three-ribbed, three-seeded, three-stringed, three-toed, and the like.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)