| • | At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree;
   not remote; nigh. | 
											
															| • | Nearly; almost; well-nigh. | 
											
															| • | Closely; intimately. | 
											
															| • | Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote;
   close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh. | 
											
															| • | Closely connected or related. | 
											
															| • | Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or
   affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend. | 
											
															| • | Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or
   rambling; as, a version near to the original. | 
											
															| • | So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close;
   narrow; as, a near escape. | 
											
															| • | Next to the driver, when he is on foot; in the Unted
   States, on the left of an animal or a team; as, the near ox; the near
   leg. See Off side, under Off, a. | 
											
															| • | Immediate; direct; close; short. | 
											
															| • | Close-fisted; parsimonious. | 
											
															| • | Adjacent to; close by; not far from; nigh; as, the ship
   sailed near the land. See the Note under near, a. | 
											
															| • | To approach; to come nearer; as, the ship neared the land. | 
											
															| • | To draw near; to approach. |