'Size' definitions:

Definition of 'size'

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adjective
(used in combination) sized; "the economy-size package"; "average-size house"
noun
The physical magnitude of something (how big it is); "a wolf is about the size of a large dog"
noun
The property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing); "he wears a size 13 shoe"
noun
Any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics; "size gives body to a fabric" [syn: size, sizing]
noun
The actual state of affairs; "that's the size of the situation"; "she hates me, that's about the size of it" [syn: size, size of it]
noun
A large magnitude; "he blanched when he saw the size of the bill"; "the only city of any size in that area"
verb
Cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance)
verb
Sort according to size
verb
Make to a size; bring to a suitable size

Definition of 'Size'

From: GCIDE
  • Size \Size\, v. i.
  • 1. To take greater size; to increase in size. [1913 Webster]
  • Our desires give them fashion, and so, As they wax lesser, fall, as they size, grow. --Donne. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Univ. of Cambridge, Eng.) To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Size'

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  • Size \Size\, n. [See Sice, and Sise.] Six. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Size'

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  • Size \Size\, n. [OIt. sisa glue used by painters, shortened fr. assisa, fr. assidere, p. p. assiso, to make to sit, to seat, to place, L. assidere to sit down; ad + sidere to sit down, akin to sedere to sit. See Sit, v. i., and cf. Assize, Size bulk.]
  • 1. A thin, weak glue used in various trades, as in painting, bookbinding, paper making, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Any viscous substance, as gilder's varnish. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Size'

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  • Size \Size\, v. t.
  • 1. To fix the standard of. "To size weights and measures." [R.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To adjust or arrange according to size or bulk. Specifically: (a) (Mil.) To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature. (b) (Mining) To sift, as pieces of ore or metal, in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To swell; to increase the bulk of. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Mech.) To bring or adjust anything exactly to a required dimension, as by cutting. [1913 Webster]
  • To size up, to estimate or ascertain the character and ability of. See 4th Size, 4. [Slang, U.S.] [1913 Webster]
  • We had to size up our fellow legislators. --The Century. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Size'

From: GCIDE
  • Size \Size\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sized; p. pr. & vb. n. Sizing.] To cover with size; to prepare with size. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Size'

From: GCIDE
  • Size \Size\, n. [Abbrev. from assize. See Assize, and cf. Size glue.]
  • 1. A settled quantity or allowance. See Assize. [Obs.] "To scant my sizes." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Univ. of Cambridge, Eng.) An allowance of food and drink from the buttery, aside from the regular dinner at commons; -- corresponding to battel at Oxford. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Extent of superficies or volume; bulk; bigness; magnitude; as, the size of a tree or of a mast; the size of a ship or of a rock. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Figurative bulk; condition as to rank, ability, character, etc.; as, the office demands a man of larger size. [1913 Webster]
  • Men of a less size and quality. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
  • The middling or lower size of people. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A conventional relative measure of dimension, as for shoes, gloves, and other articles made up for sale. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, -- used for ascertaining the size of pearls. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
  • Size roll, a small piese of parchment added to a roll.
  • Size stick, a measuring stick used by shoemakers for ascertaining the size of the foot. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Dimension; bigness; largeness; greatness; magnitude. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'size'

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Words containing 'Size'