Dictionary Definition:
dūrá mf(ā)n. (prob. fr. √1. du, hut Uṇ. ii, 21
• compar. dáviiyas, superl. daviṣṭha, qq.vv.) distant, far, remote, long (way)
• n. distance, remoteness (in space and time), a long way ŚBr. MBh. Kāv. &c
• (ám), ind. far, far from (gen. or abl. Pāṇ. 2-3, 34 Kāś.), a long way off or a long period back RV. AV. ŚBr. &c. (also dūrā́d dūrám AV. xii, 2, 14)
• far above (ut-patati Hit. i, 101/102) or below (ambhasi Kathās. x, 29)
• far, i.e. much in a high degree (dūram un-mani-kṛta Prab. iii, 21/22
• dūraṃ-√kṛ, to surpass, exceed Ragh. xvii, 18
• ○ṃ-karaṇa mf(i)n. making far or distant, removing Vop. (v. l.)
• ○ṃ-gata mfn. = ○ra-g○ Saṃk.
• ○ṃ-gamá mfn. going far away VS. xxxiv, 1
• (ā), f. (scil. bhūmi) one of the 10 stages in the life of a Śrāvaka L.
• (eṇa), ind. (Pāṇ. 2-3, 35) far, from afar, by far MBh. Kāv. &c
• compar. ○ra-tareṇa VP. iii, 7, 26, 33
• (āt), ind. (Pāṇ. ib.) from a distance, from afar RV. AV. MBh. &c
• far from (abl.) Mn. iv, 151
• a long way back or from a remote period, iii, 130
• in comp. with a pp., e.g. dūrād-āgata, come from afar Pāṇ. 2-1, 39 ; vi, 1, 2 ; 2, 144 Kāś.
• (e), ind. (cf. Pāṇ. 2-3, 36 Kāś.) in a distant place, far, far away RV. i, 24, 9 ; iv, 4, 3 (opp. ánti) and c AV. ŚBr. TśUp.5(opp. antike) Mn. MBh. &c
• compar. ○ra-tare, some way from (abl.) Mn. xi, 128
• dūre-√kṛ, to discard Amar. 67
• dūre-√bhū or √gam, to be far away or gone off Kathās. Vet.
• ○re tiṣṭhatu, let it be far, i.e. let it be unmentioned, never mind Kathās. vi, 37