Farther

Definition: Farther

Farther

Adjective

1. More distant in especially space or time; "they live in the farther house".

2. More distant in especially degree; "nothing could be further from the truth"; "further from our expectations"; "farther from the truth"; "farther from our expectations".

Adverb

1. To or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense); "further complicated by uncertainty about the future"; "let's not discuss it further"; "nothing could be further from the truth"; "they are further along in their research than we expected"; "the application of the law was extended farther"; "he is going no farther in his studies".

2. To or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense); "farther north"; "moved farther away"; "farther down the corridor"; "the practice may go back still farther to the Druids"; "went only three miles further"; "further in the future".

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Date "farther" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Tips from 1870

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Synonym: Farther

Deterioration

Verb: be worse, be deteriorated, become worse, become deteriorated; Adjective:; have seen better days, deteriorate, degenerate, fall off; wane; (decrease); ebb; retrograde; - decline, droop; go down; (sink); go downhill, go from bad to worse,Verb: be worse, be deteriorated, become worse, become deteriorated; Adjective:; have seen better days, deteriorate, degenerate, fall off; wane; (decrease); ebb; retrograde; - decline, droop; go down; (sink); go downhill, go from bad to worse, go farther and fare worse; jump out of the frying pan into the fire.

Distance

Adverb: far off, far away; afar, afar off; off; away; a long way off, a great way off, a good way off; wide away, aloof; wide of, clear of; out of the way, out of reach; abroad, yonder, further, beyond; outre mer, over the border, far and wide, "over the hills and far away "; from pole to pole; (over great space); to the uttermost parts, to the ends of the earth; out of hearing, nobody knows where, a perte de vue, out of the sphere of, wide of the mark; a far cry to.

Crosswords: Farther

Stretching the Hubble telescope's vision farther across space and further back into time than ... Credit: NASA.

3-D image from NOAA Exclusive Economic Zone Mapping Project Blowup of area right at base of Oregon continental slope Note oblique lineations at base of continental slope These are real features as sounding system artifacts are farther to west (left). Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Sediment from terraces that have been damaged from extremely heavy rains fill another terrace farther down the hill. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Grass filter strip planted along a stream on a farm in Carroll County, Iowa, helps keep sediment and farm chemicals out of the stream and out of Lake Panorama farther downstream. Credit: Lynn Betts.

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But farther, this question, (Who shall be judge?) cannot mean, that there is no judge at all: for where there is no judicature on earth, to decide controversies amongst men, God in heaven is judge. (Second Treatise of Government)

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There was no occasion to press the matter farther.

A few yards farther on, I fell in with Smith, and to him I propounded the same riddle

If he could have helped it, he and his child would have been farther apart perhaps than they were

This flitting cheerfulness was always at the farther extremity of some long vista through the forest

That was why the fellows seemed to him smaller and farther away and the goalposts so thin and far and the soft grey sky so high up.

He walked his fingers around farther.

This occasioned farther talk, and I saw the company was pleased with my behavior, whereof I soon found the good effects

Or, if you choose to go farther, it will not be unwise, for I have found the increase of fair bait to be very nearly as the squares of the distances

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Health

You should walk every day, going farther each day than you did the one before. (references)

After age 40, reading may become more difficult—you may need to hold things farther away in order to see them clearly. (references)

Soiling happens when liquid stool from farther up in the bowel seeps past the hard stool in the rectum and leaks out. Soiling is a sign of fecal incontinence. (references)

Business

It should be noted, however, that the farther south one goes in Italy, the lesser the interest in safety. (references)

There is no need to extend terrestrial lines any farther, and satellite communications is available from almost anywhere. (references)

Civil Liberties

Afghanistan

According to Taliban regulations, men's beards were required to extend farther than a fist clamped at the base of the chin. (references)

Zambia

In October the Government and UNHCR began transferring approximately 450 Angolan former combatants and their families to the Eastern Province, which is farther from the Angolan border. (references)

Economic History

Malawi

The Shire River flows from the south end of the lake and joins the Zambezi River 400 kilometers (250 mi.) farther south in Mozambique. (references)

Human Rights

Sierra Leone

The number of roadblocks decreased during the year as UNAMSIL forces were deployed farther afield. (references)

Travel

Vietnam

Generally, the farther one is from the center of the table, the less important one is. Sometimes the meeting will take place in a formal meeting room where there are chairs arranged in a 'U' pattern. (references)

Worker Rights

Albania

Others were taken farther south to Greece. (references)

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Expressions using "farther": farther north ♦ go farther and fare worse ♦ i'll see you farther first! ♦ no farther ♦ the farther ♦ the only begotten of the farther. Additional references.

Beginning with "farther": farther-flung, farther-reaching.

Albanian

plotësues (additional, complement, complementary, counterpart, implementing, obverse, odd, supplemental, supplementary), më larg, më i largët (extreme, farthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, hindmost, rearmost). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ما زال بعيدا, ‏انت بعيدا, ‏إلى مكان, ‏إضافي (additional, ancillary, auxiliary, bonus, extra, false, further, more, overtime, spare, special, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary), ‏أبعد (alien, alienate, bounce, deport, distance, drive away, drive out, estrange, exclude, far, hold off, oust, out of the way, outmost, preclude, relegate, send, send packing, stave off, supplant, take away, throw out, transport, ulterior, ultimate, warn off). (various references)

Bulgarian 

по-нататъшен (further, ulterior), по-нататък (along, further), по-надалеч, по-далечен (further, outer), допълнителен (accessary, accessorial, accidental, additional, additive, adjunct, complementary, contributory, excess, expletive, extra, extraordinary, follow up, fresh, further, over, plus, pony, relief, side, subsidiary, supplementary, tributary). (various references)

Chinese 

更遠 . (various references)

Czech

vzdálenìjší, dále (forth, further, further off, hereafter, next). (various references)

Danish

videre (besides, beyond, further, furthermore, in addition, moreover). (various references)

Dutch

verder (accidental, additional, as for the rest, besides, beyond, for the rest, further, furthermore, in addition, moreover, remaining, rest of, what's more). (various references)

Esperanto

pli malproksimen, pli malproksime (beyond, further), pli malproksima. (various references)

Finnish

etäämmällä (at a greater distance). (various references)

French

plus loin (farthest), encore loin, encore à combien. (various references)

German

weiter (additional, afterwards, along, besides, beyond, continues, continuing, else, forth, further, further on, furthermore, in addition, more, moreover, on, onward, other, wider). (various references)

Greek 

μακρύτερα (further, longer), πιο μακρινός, περαιτέρω (further), απώτεροσ (further, remoter, ulterior). (various references)

Hebrew 

הלאה (forth, further, onward, onwards), רחוק יותר (further). (various references)

Hungarian

messzebb (further, still). (various references)

Italian

più lontano (farthermost, further, furthest), più in là, più distante, più a lungo (longer), oltre (above, across, as well as, beside, beyond, by, further, in addition to, longer, more, more than, on the other side of, onward, over, past, up), inoltre (again, also, as for the rest, beside, besides, for the rest, furthermore, in addition, moreover, on top, too, what's, what's more), in più (extra, plus, spare), anche (also, as well, besides, even, likewise, so, still, too), addizionale (additional, extra, further, plus). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

もし可能ならば (all the way, awfully, bashfully, be restless, completely, desperately, dishevelled, erection, feel fuzzy, feel impatient, feel sad, fidget, flying squirrel, frightfully, gusto, hazy, hesitantly, if possible, impatient, inefficient, irritating, is something that, is that which, Japanese mafia, longer, misty, more, mumble, not quick enough, shaggy, slow, someone full of zest, swelling, tantalizing, tardy, the "tent" an erection makes against pants or bedsheets, to do something the speaker regrets, to squirm, tousled, unkempt, violently, women's work pants, worry about, Yakuza). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

もっと (longer, more). (various references)

Korean 

멀리 (Afar, Far, Farthest). (various references)

Manx

ny sodjey (any more, furthermore, longer; moreover, no more). (various references)

Norwegian

fjernere, lengre. (various references)

Pig Latin

artherfay.(various references)

Portuguese

mais distante (further, furthermost, utmost), mais (else, encore, further, furthermore, more, moreover, most, one more time, plus, preferably, rater, rather, some more, still, upstair, upward, upwards, yet), adicionalmente (additionally, besides). (various references)

Romanian

mai departe (beyond, forth, forwards, further, later on, onward), cel mai îndepãrtat (farthest, furthermost, furthest). (various references)

Russian 

более отдаленный (further), дальше (along, beyond, forth, forward, further, onward), дальнейший (further, remotest, ulterior), далее (forth, further, further on). (various references)

Scottish

faide (degree of length, farther down, longest; farther : na 's faide sìos). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

udaljen (distant, far off, farthest, out of the way, outlying, remote, removed), dalje (beyond, forth, further, off, on), dalek (alien, aloof, far, far flung, far off, faraway, remote, removed). (various references)

Spanish

fomentar (advance, brew, develop, drum up, encourage, foment, Foster, further, nourish, patronize, promote, push, sponsor, work up), más lejos (beyond, further, further away, furthermost, furthest), además (additionally, again, also, at that, besides, else, further, furthermore, in addition, into the bargain, moreover, then, too, yea), complementario (complementary, further), de más allá (further), lejano (distant, far, far off, faraway, out of the way, outlying, remote, vital), adelantar (advance, anticipate, bring forward, forego, further, outdistance, outgo, outmarch, outride, outwalk, overhaul, overtake, pass, put forward, put on, set forward, shift, to pass), más lejano (farthest, further, furthermost, furthest, utmost, uttermost), ulterior (later, subsequent, ulterior), más remoto (further, outermost, ultimate), nuevo (fresh, further, green, incoming, mint, new, new-look, novel, recent, renewed, strange, young), opuesto (antipathetic, antipathetical, averse, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, converse, facing, further, inverse, jarring, opposed, opposite, polar, reverse, rival), promover (advance, assist, boost, encourage, expedite, forward, Foster, further, help, help along, initiate, pioneer, promote, sponsor, to support), superior (advanced, advanced in studies, best, better, consider, further, high, high ranking, higher, over, overhead, ranking, reflect, superior, top, upper), supletorio (extension, further), más allá (above, beyond, further, more, onward). (various references)

Swedish

längre (anymore, further, longer, longish). (various references)

Turkish

uzaktaki (out, ulterior), ileriye (along, forward, forwards, onwards, to the future), ileriki (further, future), ilerdeki, ilaveten (additionally, else, extra, in addition to), ilave edilen (additional, extra, further, supplemental), diğer (altered, another, different, forth, other), daha uzakta, daha uzak, daha uzağa, bundan başka (additionally, at that, besides, by the same token, further, furthermore, moreover, no other, other), ayrıca (additionally, again, also, besides, beyond, else, extra, further, furthermore, in addition to, into the bargain, item, likewise, on the side, otherwise, over and above, then again, thereto, to boot, withal, yea), öteye (beyond, further, over), ötedeki (further, ulterior, yon, yonder). (various references)

Ukrainian

сприяти (abet, advantage, assist, befriend, bolster, conduce, cooperate, facilitate, favour, further, help, help along, help forward, make for, promote, redound, subserve, support), крім того (additionally, again, apart from, as well, besides, beyond, by, furthermore, inter alia, item, moreover, therewith), більше того (furthermore, nay), пізніший (later, posterior, puisne), просувати (advantage, carry forward, further, help along, help forward, impel, promote, push), дальший (after, further, next), далі (along, below, come on, forward, forwards, further, nextly, on, onward, onwards, then, under). (various references)

Vietnamese 

xa hơn; xa nữa; thêm hơn, hơn nữa ngoài ra. (various references)

ulterius, ultima, ultimam, ultimo, ultimum. (various references)

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Derivations

Words beginning with "farther": farthermost. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Farther" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Earther, Earthers, Farchog, Fargher, farkhar, farte, fartel, farth, fartlek, felther, Ferteh, Feyther, Fifther, forthe, forther, Forthey, Garther. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: father, frater, hafter, rafter, rather, trefah.

-2 letters: after, earth, farer, hater, heart, rater, rathe, tarre, terra.

-3 letters: eath, fare, fate, fear, feat, feta, frae, frat, fret, haet, haft, hare, hart, hate, hear, heat, heft, raft, rare, rate, rath, rear, reft, rhea, tahr, tare, tear, thae, tref.

-4 letters: aft, are, arf, art, ate, ear, eat.

+2 letters: forgather, hereafter.

+3 letters: afterbirth, airfreight, featherier, forefather, foregather, forgathers, freshwater, hereafters, hovercraft, thereafter.

+4 letters: afterbirths, airfreights, farthermost, forefathers, foregathers, forgathered, freehearted, freshwaters, furtherance, grandfather, hereinafter, heterograft, hovercrafts, wharfmaster.

+5 letters: airfreighted, characterful, featherbrain, flamethrower, foregathered, forgathering, furtherances, grandfathers, handicrafter, heterografts, shatterproof, thereinafter, thoroughfare, weatherproof, wharfmasters.