Less in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
Less in Telugu తెలుగు
Less in English
- less⇄-less
(suffix forming adjectives.)
1. (added to nouns) without a ______; that has no ______.
Ex. Homeless = without a home.
2. (added to verbs) that does not ______.
Ex. Tireless = that does not tire. Ceaseless = that does - less⇄adj. 1. smaller.
Ex. of less width, less importance. Never be thy shadow less (John Greenleaf Whittier).
2. not so much; not so much of.
Ex. to have less rain, put on less butter. Eat less meat. I owe him little Duty and less Love (Sha - less⇄adv. to a smaller extent or degree; not so; not so well.
Ex. less bright, less talked of, less known, less important. - less⇄expr. less and less, to a continuously smaller extent; progressively less.
Ex. Our colleagues are less and less convinced, though, that any such factors ... really do exist (Claude Levi-Strauss). - less⇄expr. none the less, nevertheless.
Ex. Though Michelet's way was as alien as possible from their ways, his work remained valid none the less (Edmund Wilson). - less⇄expr. the less,
a. something smaller (of two things compared).
Ex. Thou ... wouldst ... teach me how To name the bigger light, and how the less, That burn by day and night (Shakespeare).
b. he who is or they who are less, especially l - less⇄less, adjective,
(comparative of) little, n., adv., prep. - less⇄noun a smaller amount or quantity.
Ex. I could do no less. He weighs less than before. She refused to take less than $5. - less⇄noun lessness.
- less⇄prep. with (something) taken away; without; minus; lacking.
Ex. five less two, a coat less one sleeve, a year less two days.