nine Definition

nine
noun

1a. The cardinal number 9;
1b. The quantity that this represents, being one more than eight.
2. Any symbol for this, eg 9, IX.
3. The age of nine.
4. Something, especially a garment or a person, whose size is denoted by the number 9.
5. The ninth hour after midnight or midday.

Example: opens at nine
Example: 9am
Example: 9 o'clock
6. A set or group of nine people or things.
7. A playing-card with nine pips.

Example: She played her nine
8. A score of nine points.

adj

1. Totalling nine.
2. Aged nine.

Idiom: dressed up to the nines

colloq
Wearing one's best clothes; elaborately dressed.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon nigon.