[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

near \near\, a. compar. nearer; superl. nearest. see
   near, adv.
   1. not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote;
      close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh. "as one near
      death." --shak.
      1913 webster

            he served great hector, and was ever near,
            not with his trumpet only, but his spear. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. closely connected or related.
      1913 webster

            she is thy father's near kinswoman.   --lev. xviii.
                                                  12.
      1913 webster

   3. close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or
      affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend.
      1913 webster

   4. close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose,
      or rambling; as, a version near to the original.
      1913 webster

   5. so as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close;
      narrow3; as, a near escape; a near miss.
      1913 webster

   6. 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.
      1913 webster

   7. immediate; direct; close; short. "the nearest way."
      --milton.
      1913 webster

   8. close-fisted; parsimonious. obs. or low, eng.
      1913 webster

   note: near may properly be followed by to before the thing
         approached; but more frequently to is omitted, and the
         adjective or the adverb is regarded as a preposition.
         the same is also true of the word nigh.
         1913 webster

   syn: nigh; close; adjacent; proximate; contiguous; present;
        ready; intimate; familiar; dear.
        1913 webster
see also:
nearer nearest near off side off 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

nearest
     adj : superlative of `near' or `nigh' most near syn: nighest
     adv : superlative of `near' or `close' within the shortest
           distance; "that was the time he came nearest to death"
           syn: nighest, closest
see also:
nighest closest 

Nearest >> N Words
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ANN - Approximate Nearest Neighbor Library
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APOD: 2001 March 18 - The Nearest Stars
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Hunter's Nearest-Neighbor Statistical Analysis Bibliography
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