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What's The Definition Of Small?
[n] a garment size for a small person
[n] the slender part of the back [adv] on a small scale; "think small" [adj] made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her comments made me feel small" [adj] limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"; "a small voice" [adj] limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country" [adj] (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice" [adj] lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters" [adj] too small to be seen except under a microscope [adj] not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way" [adj] not fully grown; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children" [adj] have fine or very small constituent particles; "a small misty rain" [adj] low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings" Synonyms | Synonyms for Small: atomic | atomlike | bantam | belittled | bittie | bitty | decreased | diminished | diminutive | dinky | dwarf | dwarfish | elfin | elflike | fine | gnomish | half-size | humble | immature | inferior | infinitesimal | itsy-bitsy | itty-bitty | least | lesser | lilliputian | limited | little | littler | littlest | low | lowercase | lowly | micro | microscopic | microscopical | midget | miniature | miniscule | minor | minuscule | minute | moderate | modest | petite | pocket-size | pocket-sized | puny | reduced | runty | shrimpy | slender | slim | smaller | smallest | smallish | small-scale | soft | subatomic | subgross | teensy | teensy-weensy | teentsy | teeny | teeny-weeny | tiny | undersize | undersized | wee | weensy | weeny | young Related Terms | Find terms related to Small: See Also | back | body part | dorsum | size Small In Webster's Dictionary \Small\ (sm[add]l), a. [Compar. {Smaller}; superl.
{Smallest}.] [OE. small, AS. sm[ae]l; akin to D. smal narrow,
OS. & OHG. smal small, G. schmal narrow, Dan. & Sw. smal,
Goth. smals small, Icel. smali smal cattle, sheep, or goats;
cf. Gr. mh^lon a sheep or goat.]
1. Having little size, compared with other things of the same
kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large
or extended in dimension; not great; not much;
inconsiderable; as, a small man; a small river.
To compare Great things with small. --Milton.
2. Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or
importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a
small fault; a small business.
3. Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; --
sometimes, in reproach, paltry; mean.
A true delineation of the smallest man is capable of
interesting the greatest man. --Carlyle.
4. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short;
as, after a small space. --Shak.
5. Weak; slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud. ``A still,
small voice.'' --1 Kings xix. 12.
{Great and small},of all ranks or degrees; -- used especially
of persons. ``His quests, great and small.'' --Chaucer.
{Small arms}, muskets, rifles, pistols, etc., in distinction
from cannon.
{Small beer}. See under {Beer}.
{Small coal}.
(a) Little coals of wood formerly used to light fires.
--Gay.
(b) Coal about the size of a hazelnut, separated from the
coarser parts by screening.
{Small craft} (Naut.), a vessel, or vessels in general, of a
small size.
{Small fruits}. See under {Fruit}.
{Small hand}, a certain size of paper. See under {Paper}.
{Small hours}. See under {Hour}.
{Small letter}. (Print.), a lower-case letter. See
{Lower-case}, and {Capital letter}, under {Capital}, a.
{Small piece}, a Scotch coin worth about 21/4d. sterling, or
about 41/2cents.
{Small register}. See the Note under 1st {Register}, 7.
{Small stuff} (Naut.), spun yarn, marline, and the smallest
kinds of rope. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
{Small talk}, light or trifling conversation; chitchat.
{Small wares} (Com.), various small textile articles, as
tapes, braid, tringe, and the like. --M`Culloch.
\Small\, adv. 1. In or to small extent, quantity, or degree; little; slightly. [Obs.] ``I wept but small.'' --Chaucer. ``It small avails my mood.'' --Shak. 2. Not loudly; faintly; timidly. [Obs. or Humorous] You may speak as small as you will. --Shak. \Small\, n. 1. The small or slender part of a thing; as, the small of the leg or of the back. 2. pl. Smallclothes. [Colloq.] --Hood. Dickens. 3. pl. Same as {Little go}. See under {Little}, a. \Small\, v. t. To make little or less. [Obs.] |
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