near

Definitions

• Physically close.
• Close in time.
• Closely connected or related.
• Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; intimate; dear.
• Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling.
• So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow.
• Approximate, almost.
• (British) On the side nearest to the kerb (the left-hand side if one drives on the left).
• (dated) Next to the driver, when he is on foot; (US) on the left of an animal or a team.
• (obsolete) Immediate; direct; close; short.
• (now) Stingy; parsimonious.