n. & adj.
--n.
1. one more than nine.
2 a symbol for this (10, x, X).
3 a size etc. denoted by ten.
4 the time of ten o'clock (is it ten yet?).
5 a card with ten pips.
6 a set of ten.
--adj.
1. that amount to ten.
2 (as a round number) several (ten times as easy).
Phrases and idioms:
the Ten Commandments see COMMANDMENT. ten-gallon hat a cowboy's large broad-brimmed hat. ten-week stock a variety of stock, Matthiola incana, said to bloom ten weeks after the sowing of the seed .
Etymology: OE tien, ten f. Gmc