Near(adv.)
- Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend.
Near(adv.)
- Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling; as, a version near to the original.
Near(adv.)
- So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow; as, a near escape.
Near(adv.)
- 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.