Etymology : Middle English, from Old English tIene, from tIen, adjective, ten; akin to Old High German zehan ten, Latin decem, Greek deka
Pronunciation : 'ten
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. dieci.
2. complexion.
3. group of ten, set of ten items; playing card equal to a value of ten; ten-dollar bill. number.
4. ten\ten\ , a. [as. tēn, tién, t n, tēne; akin to ofries. tian, os. tehan, d. tien, g. zehn, ohg. zehan, icel. tīu, sw. tio, dan. ti, goth. ta?hun, lith. deszimt, russ. desiate, w. deg, ir. & gael. deich, l. decem, gr. , skr. daçan. ?308. cf. dean, decade, decimal, december, eighteen, eighty, teens, tithe.] one more than nine; twice five. with twice ten sail i crossed the phrygian sea.note: ten is often used, indefinitely, for several, many, and other like words. there 's proud modesty in merit, averse from begging, and resolved to pay ten times the gift it asks.ten \ten\ , n.
5. the number greater by one than nine; the sum of five and five; ten units of objects. i will not destroy it for ten's sake. xviii.
6. 2. a symbol representing ten units, as 10, x, or x.ten being one more than nine [syn: 10, x] the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system [syn: 10, x, tenner, decade]ten transeuropean networks (network).
7. One more than nine; twice five.
8. The number greater by one than nine; the sum of five and five; ten units of objects.
9. A symbol representing ten units, as 10, x, or X. the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system being one more than nine.
10. skin. "complexion; skin; body, the flesh".
11. complexion, hue of the skin.
12. skin, flesh.
13. body (of a person). ten fanilasy undershirt.
14. complexion. flesh. hue of the skin.
15. Ten is the number.
16. Over the past ten years things have changed. ten a penny: see:
penny see also Number Ten. Hollywood Ten Ten Commandments Ten Thousand Smokes Valley of.