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1952 novel by Philip Latham
Five Against Venus, written by Philip Latham, is a science-fiction novel first published in the United States in 1952 by the John C. Winston Company. Philip
Five_Against_Venus
American tennis player (born 1980)
Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in both women's singles
Venus_Williams
Depictions of the planet
The planet Venus has been used as a setting in fiction since before the 19th century. Its opaque cloud cover gave science fiction writers free rein to
Venus_in_fiction
American astronomer and science fiction writer
thriller When Worlds Collide. — From the back flap of the dust jacket on Five Against Venus. In his professional role he wrote about 10 books on astronomy. As
Robert_S._Richardson
Second planet from the Sun
Venus is the second planet from the Sun. Similar in size and mass to Earth, Venus has no liquid water, and its atmosphere is far thicker and denser than
Venus
American juvenile science fiction book line
of the Stars by Raymond Jones, and Five Against Venus by Philip Latham. Later in the year a second group of five novels were added to the series: Sons
Winston_Science_Fiction
Tennis singles rivalry between Venus and Serena Williams
The Williams sisters rivalry was a tennis rivalry between sisters Venus Williams (born June 17, 1980) and Serena Williams (born September 26, 1981). They
Williams_sisters_rivalry
Painting by Sandro Botticelli
The Birth of Venus (Italian: Nascita di Venere [ˈnaʃʃita di ˈvɛːnere]) is a painting by the Italian artist Sandro Botticelli, probably executed in the
The_Birth_of_Venus
2025 video game
Venus Vacation Prism: Dead or Alive Xtreme is a dating sim video game developed by Team Ninja and published by Koei Tecmo. It was released on March 27
Venus Vacation Prism: Dead or Alive Xtreme
Venus_Vacation_Prism:_Dead_or_Alive_Xtreme
Proposed colonization of the planet Venus
The colonization of Venus is the proposed process of establishing human settlements on the planet Venus. Due to the planet's extremely hostile surface
Colonization_of_Venus
Species of carnivorous plant
The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a carnivorous plant native to the temperate and subtropical wetlands of North Carolina and South Carolina, on
Venus_flytrap
Astronomical transit of Venus across the Sun
transit of Venus takes place when Venus passes directly between the Sun and the Earth (or any other superior planet), becoming visible against (and hence
Transit_of_Venus
Gas layer surrounding Venus
The atmosphere of Venus is the very dense layer of gases surrounding the planet Venus. Venus's atmosphere is composed of 96.5% carbon dioxide and 3.5%
Atmosphere_of_Venus
First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells Five Against Venus by Philip Latham (nom de plume of Robert S. Richardson) Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne Fledgling
List of science fiction novels
List_of_science_fiction_novels
Doubles partnership between Venus and Serena Williams
The Williams sisters are two American professional tennis players: Venus Williams (b. 1980), a seven-time major singles champion, and Serena Williams
Williams_sisters
American tennis player (born 1981)
She is the youngest of Price's five daughters, after half-sisters Yetunde, Lyndrea, and Isha Price, and full sister Venus. She also has at least seven paternal
Serena_Williams
American murder case
Robert E. Maxfield. Yetunde was the oldest of Oracene Price's five daughters. She was one of Venus and Serena Williams' three maternal half-sisters, a sibling
Murder_of_Yetunde_Price
New Zealand tennis player
Michael Venus (born 16 October 1987) is a New Zealand professional tennis player. He has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 6, achieved on 29
Michael_Venus
1994 original video animation
Venus 5 (セーラー戦士·ビーナス·ファイブ, Sailor Senshi Venus Five) is a Japanese adult anime two-part series about five schoolgirls with supernatural powers who must
Venus_5
Khoikhoi woman (c. 1789–1815)
a freak show attraction in 19th-century Europe under the name Hottentot Venus, a name that was later attributed to at least one other woman similarly
Sarah_Baartman
Sexual stimulation machine for penises
The Venus for Men, previously sold as the Venus 2000, is a self-actuated masturbation aid for men that applies sexual stimulation using a mechanism outwardly
Venus_for_Men
Swedish singer and songwriter (born 1997)
the lead single from her fourth studio album, Venus. The track reached number 25 in the UK, and number five in Sweden. Subsequently, she released "End of
Zara_Larsson
Depictions in culture of the planet Venus
Venus, as one of the brightest objects in the sky, has been known since prehistoric times and has been a major fixture in human culture for as long as
Venus_in_culture
Galaxy Science Fiction (August) Five Against Venus by Philip Latham (juvenile), the Robinson family crash-lands on Venus, survives with a scientist's help
1952_in_science_fiction
South Korean girl group
Hello Venus (Korean: 헬로비너스; often stylized as HELLOVENUS) was a South Korean girl group formed by Tricell Media (formerly a joint venture between Pledis
Hello_Venus
Painting by Sandro Botticelli
Venus and Mars (or Mars and Venus) is a panel painting of about 1485 by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli. It shows the Roman gods Venus
Venus_and_Mars_(Botticelli)
2021 sports drama film by Reinaldo Marcus Green
believing that once Venus begins to play she will attract more lucrative offers. Venus initially struggles in her first professional match against Shaun Stafford
King_Richard_(film)
Civil disturbance in Alvarado, Texas, US
while Zachary Evetts was arrested several hours later fleeing on foot in Venus, Texas, about 3 miles (4.8 km) away. A van seen leaving the scene was pulled
2025 Prairieland ICE detention center incident
2025_Prairieland_ICE_detention_center_incident
First successful mission to Venus (1962–1963)
Mariner 2 (Mariner-Venus 1962), an American space probe to Venus, was the first robotic space probe to report successfully from a planetary encounter
Mariner_2
Five-pointed star polygon
is, Venus orbits the Sun approximately 13 times for every eight orbits of Earth—shifting 144° at each inferior conjunction. The tips of the five loops
Pentagram
American basketball player (born 1967)
Venus Lacy (some sources give her name as Venus Lacey, born February 9, 1967) is an American former professional basketball who played as a 6-foot-4-inch
Venus_Lacy
Painting by Titian
versions of Venus and Musician, which may be known by various other titles specifying the elements, such as Venus with an Organist, Venus with a Lute-player
Venus_and_Musician
Form of plant intelligence
include the Venus flytrap and Arabidopsis thaliana. The Venus flytrap can count to two and five in order to trap and then digest its prey. The Venus flytrap
Plant_arithmetic
American tennis player (born 1995)
Simona Halep in the third round, having lost five consecutive matches against the Romanian, before defeating Venus Williams in the quarterfinals and Svetlana
Madison_Keys
First spacecraft to visit Mercury (1973–1975)
launched by NASA on 3 November 1973, to fly by the planets Mercury and Venus. It was the first spacecraft to visit Mercury and the first to perform a
Mariner_10
American basketball player (born 2006)
father, Richard Bailey, played college basketball at Houston. His aunt, Venus Lacy, played in the WNBA and was a member of Team USA's 1996 Olympic team
Ace_Bailey_(basketball)
2026 film by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
discovered a "Petrova line" of infrared light stretching from the Sun to Venus; a substance in the line, dubbed "astrophage", was proliferating on the
Project_Hail_Mary_(film)
Symbols for lesbian community
pink flag in 2018 Five-stripes variant of orange-pink flag Double-Venus rainbow flag at London Pride parade, England, 2011 Double-Venus rainbow flag at
Lesbian_flags
Interpretations of the planets of the Solar System
with the Moon, Coeus and Metis with Mercury, and Oceanus and Tethys with Venus. These planetary correspondences are linked to the ancient Greek myth of
Planets_in_astrology
Tennis championships
defending women's singles champion, Madison Keys, lost in the fourth round. Venus Williams became the oldest player to play in the women's singles draw at
2026_Australian_Open
Painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder
London. In this painting, Lucas Cranach the Elder depicts Venus and her son Cupid. Against the brown background the bare trunk of a tree stands out. The
Venus and Cupid with a Honeycomb
Venus_and_Cupid_with_a_Honeycomb
Transgender performer in the New York ball scene
notable drag children included Danni and Venus Xtravaganza, whose life and murder was featured in Paris is Burning. Venus was Xtravaganza’s right hand in the
Angie_Xtravaganza
2021 science-fiction novel by Andy Weir
rate, coinciding with the formation of a dim infrared line from the Sun to Venus (dubbed the Petrova line after its first observer, Dr Irina Petrova). As
Project_Hail_Mary
Painting by Titian
The Worship of Venus is an oil on canvas painting by the Italian artist Titian completed between 1518 and 1519, housed at the Museo del Prado in Madrid
The_Worship_of_Venus
1683 erotic fiction
Venus in the Cloister or The Nun in her Smock, known in the original French as Vénus dans le cloître, ou la Religieuse en chemise (1683), is a work of
Venus_in_the_Cloister
American author and relationship counselor
counselor. In 1992 he published the book Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, which became a long-term best seller and formed the central theme of his
John_Gray_(American_author)
NASA probe of the Sun's outer corona
observations of the Sun's outer corona. It used repeated gravity assists from Venus to develop an eccentric orbit, approaching within 9.86 solar radii (6.9
Parker_Solar_Probe
Season of television series
compete on Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans. Outside of Survivor, Venus Vafa competed on the third season of The Traitors Canada. Eighteen new castaways
Survivor_46
American superhero television series
the Turtles are now 18 and are in their battle against the Foot Clan, they meet an ally named Venus de Milo. With her unique skills and tactical abilities
Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
Ninja_Turtles:_The_Next_Mutation
American pornographic film actress and model (born 1993)
Retrieved October 13, 2014. "18. Venus Berlin öffnet mit Knalleffekt und überraschender Awards Show" [18th Venus Berlin opens with a bang and a surprising
Bonnie_Rotten
Series of paintings on the same subject by Titian and his workshop
A composition of Venus and Adonis by the Venetian Renaissance artist Titian has been painted a number of times, by Titian himself, by his studio assistants
Venus_and_Adonis_(Titian)
Flag used by the transgender community
by thin white stripes and featuring, in the upper left hoist, a twinned Venus and Mars symbol in lavender. The repeated explanation of the color symbolism
Transgender_flag
Congolese professional footballer (born 2005)
"Coupe du monde 2026: la liste des 26 joueurs congolais sans nouveaux venus et sans Afimico Pululu fait réagir". tv5monde.com. TV5 Monde. Retrieved
Matthieu_Epolo
are the omen observations in the Venus tablet of King Ammisaduqa and these are multiples of the eight-year cycle of Venus visibility from Earth. More recent
Chronology of the ancient Near East
Chronology_of_the_ancient_Near_East
Species of bivalve
a marine bivalve in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. Carl Linnaeus originally described Venus gallina from the Mediterranean Sea in 1758. It was
Chamelea_gallina
DR Congolese footballer (born 2004)
"Coupe du monde 2026: la liste des 26 joueurs congolais sans nouveaux venus et sans Afimico Pululu fait réagir". tv5monde.com. TV5 Monde. Retrieved
Noah_Sadiki
Painting by Francisco Goya
larger figure represents the fears of Jews manifesting in real violence against them, as "real bestiality is born of imagined bestiality," although he
Saturn_Devouring_His_Son
Symbol for the LGBTQ community
lesbian flag in use today. Five-stripes variant of orange-pink flag Variant of the rainbow pride flag with the double-Venus symbol The non-binary pride
Pride_flag
Tennis tournament
It was also the first time that Federer had played five sets in the final of a Grand Slam. Venus Williams defeated Marion Bartoli, 6–4, 6–1 The final
2007_Wimbledon_Championships
2022 American film
profiles the famous tennis patriarch Richard Williams, the father and coach of Venus Williams and Serena Williams. Richard Williams (tennis coach) Billie Jean
On the Line: The Richard Williams Story
On_the_Line:_The_Richard_Williams_Story
American writer (1875–1950)
Pirates of Venus (1932) Lost on Venus (1933) Carson of Venus (1938) Escape on Venus (1946, stories from 1941 to 1942) The Wizard of Venus (1970, written
Edgar_Rice_Burroughs
Ancient Greek goddess of love
pleasure, passion, procreation, and as her syncretised Roman counterpart Venus, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory. Aphrodite's major symbols
Aphrodite
2026 season of RuPaul's Drag Race
Trinity the Tuck Trixie Mattel Utica Queen Valentina Vanessa Vanjie Mateo Venus D-Lite Victoria "Porkchop" Parker Vita VonTesse Starr Vivacious Vivienne
RuPaul's_Drag_Race_season_18
Indian actor and racing driver (born 1971)
for Medical Express-2018 UAV Challenge. In November 2023, Kumar started Venus Motorcycle Tours, a motorcycle touring agency. Besides his acting career
Ajith_Kumar
Australian football player (born 2003)
in Fowler's likeness, along with that of seven other athletes, including Venus Williams. Fowler began her professional career together with her older sister
Mary_Fowler_(soccer)
American singer-songwriter and actress (born 2003)
Ferrell, Tom Holland, Joe Jonas, John Legend, Chris Pratt, Olivia Rodrigo, Venus Williams, and more, join Jill and Eddie Vedder for the third annual Venture
Olivia_Rodrigo
American tennis player (born 2007)
American to reach the Australian Open women's singles quarterfinals since Venus Williams in 1998. Despite her loss to world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the
Iva_Jovic
Megalithic site in Edmondstown, County Dublin, Ireland
Mount Venus (or Cill an Véineas in Irish) is a megalithic site on the Mount Venus Road in Edmondstown, County Dublin, Ireland. It is a national heritage
Mount_Venus
with the Sun, Marquises with the Moon, Presidents with Mercury, Dukes with Venus, Earls with Mars, Princes with Jupiter, and the sole Knight with Saturn
List of demons in the Ars Goetia
List_of_demons_in_the_Ars_Goetia
Painting by Francisco de Goya
subject, as in Velázquez's Rokeby Venus, but in fact of a nude Spanish woman. More obviously, while Velázquez painted his Venus revealing only her back, Goya's
La_maja_desnuda
Painting by El Greco
Dragon – Venus and Adonis (1554) – Venus and Musician (1550, 1555) – The Virgin and Child with Saint George and Saint Dorothy – The Worship of Venus Veronese: Venus
Christ Carrying the Cross (El Greco, Madrid)
Christ_Carrying_the_Cross_(El_Greco,_Madrid)
Tennis championship
farewell". Wimbledon. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025. "2025 Wimbledon: Five More Players Withdraw From Event". lastwordonsports.com. 25 June 2025. Retrieved
2025 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles
2025_Wimbledon_Championships_–_Women's_singles
Painting by Bartolomé Murillo
Dragon – Venus and Adonis (1554) – Venus and Musician (1550, 1555) – The Virgin and Child with Saint George and Saint Dorothy – The Worship of Venus Veronese: Venus
The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew (Murillo)
The_Martyrdom_of_Saint_Andrew_(Murillo)
Serbian former tennis player (born 1987)
finals, beating top-10 players Venus Williams for the first time in her career, and coming back from a 0–6, 0–2 deficit against Daniela Hantuchová. She was
Ana_Ivanovic
Italian pornographic actor (born 1964)
"1997 Venus Award Winners". Venus Awards. Archived from the original on 12 May 2001. Retrieved 18 January 2015. Humphrey Pennyworth. "Venus Award 2000"
Rocco_Siffredi
French adult film entrepreneur (born 1982)
ventures. In 2022, Lansky began releasing artwork online. In an ode to the Venus de Milo, "Algorithmic Beauty" is a six-foot eight-inch marble sculpture
Greg_Lansky
Painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Dragon – Venus and Adonis (1554) – Venus and Musician (1550, 1555) – The Virgin and Child with Saint George and Saint Dorothy – The Worship of Venus Veronese: Venus
The_Triumph_of_Death
Gabrea Erich Bar [de], Doris Kunstmann Drama a.k.a. An Absurdity of Love The Venus Trap [de] Robert van Ackeren Sonja Kirchberger, Hanns Zischler, Myriem Roussel
List of German films of the 1980s
List_of_German_films_of_the_1980s
English professional wrestler (born 1998)
formation of Club Venus, a trio featuring herself, May, and Brookside. May officially became the newest member of Club Venus in a match against Super Strong
Mariah_May
Planets as known in classical Greece and Rome
calculate the orbital periods of Venus and Mercury accurately. Pliny the Elder attempted to measure the orbital period of Venus, which he gave as 348 days,
Planetae
Trojan hero in Greco-Roman mythology
prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite (equivalent to the Roman Venus). His father was a second cousin of King Priam of Troy (both being great-grandsons
Aeneas
Women, Movies & the American Dream
Popcorn Venus: Women, Movies & the American Dream (Popcorn Venus) is a book written by Marjorie Rosen, published in 1973. Considered one of the first books
Popcorn_Venus
mistress of Louis XV, and the youngest of five sisters all of whom Boucher painted), stand out: The Triumph of Venus (1740), Leda and the Swan (1742), Diana
History_of_the_nude_in_art
British–New Zealand astronomer (1953–2022)
astronomy was another field of Tobin's research. He studied the past Transit of Venus expeditions and wrote a biography of the French physicist Léon Foucault
William_Tobin_(astronomer)
Void between celestial bodies
first fly-by of Venus, although contact was lost before reaching Venus. The first successful planetary mission was the 1962 fly-by of Venus by Mariner 2
Outer_space
Attitudes and behaviors towards sex in ancient Rome
called Venus pendula conversa, "perpendicular Venus with the woman facing toward (the man)"; for its reverse (Venus pendula aversa, "perpendicular Venus with
Sexuality_in_ancient_Rome
Painting by Paolo Veronese
Venus and Adonis is a painting by the Italian late Mannerist artist Paolo Veronese, executed in the early 1580s, now in the Museo del Prado, in Madrid
Venus and Adonis (Veronese, Madrid)
Venus_and_Adonis_(Veronese,_Madrid)
Painting by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Dragon – Venus and Adonis (1554) – Venus and Musician (1550, 1555) – The Virgin and Child with Saint George and Saint Dorothy – The Worship of Venus Veronese: Venus
Aranjuez Immaculate Conception
Aranjuez_Immaculate_Conception
Country in Central Europe
Czech Republic has been inhabited since the Paleolithic era. Notably, the Venus of Dolní Věstonice, a ceramic figurine dated to approximately 29,000–25
Czech_Republic
Habitability of the celestial bodies of the Solar System
seasons. Venus likely had liquid water on its surface for at least a few million years after its formation. The Venus Express detected that Venus loses oxygen
Planetary habitability in the Solar System
Planetary_habitability_in_the_Solar_System
Painting by Peter Paul Rubens
Dragon – Venus and Adonis (1554) – Venus and Musician (1550, 1555) – The Virgin and Child with Saint George and Saint Dorothy – The Worship of Venus Veronese: Venus
The Three Graces (Rubens, Madrid)
The_Three_Graces_(Rubens,_Madrid)
Multi-purpose stadium in Bucharest, Romania
Venus Stadium was a multi-use stadium in Bucharest, Romania. It was the home ground of Venus Bucharest. It held 15,000 people. Venus arena was inaugurated
Stadionul_Venus
Japanese manga series & its franchise
Venus Versus Virus (ヴィーナス ヴァーサス ヴァイアラス, Vīnasu Vāsasu Vaiarasu) is a Japanese manga series created by Atsushi Suzumi which was first serialized on June
Venus_Versus_Virus
Period of darkness
rotation and orbital periods. The planets Mercury and Venus have much longer nights than Earth. On Venus, night lasts about 58 Earth days. The Moon's rotation
Night
families. For instance, Julius Caesar claimed to have descent from the goddess Venus. During the triumvirate, Mark Antony was viewed by many people living in
Reign_of_Augustus
Men's tennis circuit
doubles in January 2018. He won five doubles titles, including a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics with Michael Venus. Daniell retired from professional
2025_ATP_Tour
Painting by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Dragon – Venus and Adonis (1554) – Venus and Musician (1550, 1555) – The Virgin and Child with Saint George and Saint Dorothy – The Worship of Venus Veronese: Venus
The Holy Family with a Little Bird
The_Holy_Family_with_a_Little_Bird
Partick Thistle). Eddy Kaspard, 24, Tahitian footballer (A.S. Tefana, A.S. Vénus, national team), traffic collision. Gideon Kleinman, 70, Israeli footballer
Deaths_in_August_2025
Painting by Titian
(several versions; 1543–1565) Venus and Adonis (several versions) Mars, Venus and Amor (c. 1550) Pardo Venus (1551) Venus with a Mirror (1555) Perseus
Saint Margaret and the Dragon (Titian)
Saint_Margaret_and_the_Dragon_(Titian)
1635–1636 painting by Diego Velázquez
Dragon – Venus and Adonis (1554) – Venus and Musician (1550, 1555) – The Virgin and Child with Saint George and Saint Dorothy – The Worship of Venus Veronese: Venus
Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV
Equestrian_Portrait_of_Philip_IV
FIVE AGAINST-VENUS
FIVE AGAINST-VENUS
Girl/Female
Greek
Fought against Athene.
Girl/Female
Bengali, Indian
Win Against Everything
Girl/Female
Arabic, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Muslim
Five; God; Fived
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a clever or elegant man, from Old French fin ‘fine’, ‘delicate’, ‘skilled’, ‘cunning’ (originally a noun from Latin finis ‘end’, ‘extremity’, ‘boundary’, later used also as an adjective in the sense ‘ultimate’, ‘excellent’).Jewish (American) : Americanized spelling of Fein.
Male
Scottish
Scottish surname transferred to forename use, FIFE means "from Fife," a place said to have gotten its name from the legendary Pictish hero Fib.
Boy/Male
Teutonic
Archer.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Against desire
Girl/Female
French, German, Irish, Swedish
Tribe of the Irish; The Lord Judges
Girl/Female
Australian, Danish
Motivator; Lovely; Beauty
Boy/Male
Scottish
County name in Scotland.
Girl/Female
French Latin
From the shore.
Female
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Sadhbh, SIVE means "sweet."
Boy/Male
Australian, German, Swedish, Teutonic
Archer; God is Merciful
Boy/Male
Australian, French, Latin, Scottish
Dark of Peace
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Against Desire
Boy/Male
Indian
Joyful; Against
Girl/Female
Australian, Swedish
God is Merciful
Boy/Male
Indian
Name of Lord Vishnu
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Against Desire
Girl/Female
Irish
Good.
FIVE AGAINST-VENUS
FIVE AGAINST-VENUS
Girl/Female
Sikh
Male
Danish
, amiable.
Boy/Male
African American Egyptian
God the highest.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Muslim
Storyteller; To Relate; Variant of Rawiya
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Very Beautiful
Girl/Female
Gaelic Scandinavian
Powerful in battle.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Girl/Female
Indian
Mountain; Goddess Parvathi / Durga; Fish :
Boy/Male
Muslim
Courteousness
Female
Egyptian
, Venus.
FIVE AGAINST-VENUS
FIVE AGAINST-VENUS
FIVE AGAINST-VENUS
FIVE AGAINST-VENUS
FIVE AGAINST-VENUS
n.
The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects.
a.
Having five leaflets, as the Virginia creeper.
v. t. & i.
To give.
v. t.
To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile.
prep.
A contraction of Against.
a.
Alt. of Five-leaved
a.
Proof against fire; incombustible.
prep.
Against; also, towards (in order to meet).
v. t.
To animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the genius of a young man.
superl.
Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk.
n.
A starfish with five rays, esp. Asterias rubens.
prep.
Alt. of Agains
prep.
From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats against the roof.
v. i.
To pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3 (b).
n.
Cinquefoil; five-finger.
prep.
Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over.
adv. & prep.
Again; back against.
prep.
In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter to; in contrariety to; hence, adverse to; as, against reason; against law; to run a race against time.
n. pl.
A kind of play with a ball against a wall, resembling tennis; -- so named because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to the game.