far

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• adverb To, from, or at a considerable distance.
• adverb To, from, or at a much earlier or later time.
• adverb To a considerable degree; much.
• adverb To an advanced point or stage.
• adjective Being at considerable distance; remote.
• adjective Going back a considerable extent in time.
• adjective More distant than another.
• adjective Extensive or lengthy.
• adjective Far-seeing and comprehensive in thought or outlook.
• adjective Marked by political views of the most advanced or extreme nature.
• adjective Being on the right side of an animal or a vehicle.
• adjective Being the animal or vehicle on the right.
• idiom (by far) To the most extreme or evident degree.
• idiom (far and away) By a great margin.
• idiom (far and wide) Everywhere.
• idiom (far be it from (someone)) Used to deflect responsibility for making a statement that might not be received well.
• idiom (far cry) A long way.
• idiom (far cry) Something that is very different from something else.
• idiom (far from) Not at all; anything but.
• idiom (far gone) In an advanced state of a process, especially an undesirable state that is beyond improvement or reversal.
• idiom Slang (far out) Used to express amazement or approval.
• idiom (how far) To what degree, distance, or extent.
• idiom (so far) Up to the present moment.
• idiom (so far) To a limited extent.
• idiom (thus far) Up to this point; so far.

from The Century Dictionary.

• To remove far distant; banish.
• noun A type of spelt now out of notice.
• noun An abbreviation of farriery
• noun of farthing.
• . Situated or being at a great distance in space or time; distant; remote; far off or away: as, a far place; the far future.
• . Extending to a great distance; prolonged or reaching to a distant point; protracted; long: as, far sight; a far look ahead.
• Remote in degree or relation; distantly connected.
• More distant of the two: as, the far side of a horse (that is, the right or off side, as the rider always mounts on the left): sometimes used in place-names: as, Far Rockaway.
• noun The young of swine, or a litter of pigs.
• . At or by a great distance; so as to be remote, or at a distant or advanced point, in place, time, progress, etc.: as, how far (by how great a distance) away is it! it is far (or not far) off; he is far along on his journey or in his studies.
• . To a great distance or extent; so as to attain or extend to a distant or advanced point; for, over, or through a long way: as, how far (to how great a distance) did you go to travel far; to look far into the future; far-reaching designs.
• . By a long interval or a great distance; so as to be widely separated: as, their paths lay far apart; he is far removed from want.
• . From a great distance; from afar: as in the compound far-fetched (which see).-
• . At a great remove; a long way; very remote: used elliptically with reference to space, time, degree, scope, purpose, desire, etc.: as, it is far (distant or away) from here; people both far (off) and near (by or at hand); he was far (away) from the attainment of his object.
• . To or by a great degree; in a great proportion; by many degrees; very much; largely; widely: as, far better; far worse; far other; far different.
• Long; a long time.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• adverb To a great extent or distance of space; widely.
• adverb To a great distance in time from any point; remotely.
• adverb In great part.
• adverb In a great proportion; by many degrees; very much; deeply; greatly.
• adverb to the extent, or degree, that. See As far as, under As.
• adverb Distant in sympathy or affection; alienated.
• adverb different by a great degree; not the same; quite unlike.