Definitions
1.DeterminerAn indefinite, but usually small, number of."There are a few cars (=some, but a relatively small number) in the street.; Quite a few people (=a significant number) were pleasantly surprised.; I think he's had a few drinks.; The few cheapest hotels I could find are the farthest too."
2.DeterminerNot many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of."Very few did she have not to go there, did she?; I was expecting a big crowd at the party, but very few people (=almost none) turned up."
3.DeterminerObscuring one to two oktas (eighths) of the sky."Tonight: A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness overnight.; NOAA definition of the term few clouds: An official sky cover classification for aviation weather observations, descriptive of a sky cover of 1/8 to 2/8. This is applied only when obscuring phenomena aloft are present--that is, not when obscuring phenomena are surface-based, such as fog."
4.Determiner(US?) Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated.
5.PronounFew people, few things."Many are called, but few are chosen."