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Definition of Size

1. Adjective. (used in combination) sized. "Average-size house"

2. Verb. Cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance).

3. Noun. The physical magnitude of something (how big it is). "A wolf is about the size of a large dog"

4. Verb. Sort according to size.

5. Noun. The property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing). "He wears a size 13 shoe"

6. Verb. Make to a size; bring to a suitable size.

7. Noun. Any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics. "Size gives body to a fabric"

8. Noun. The actual state of affairs. "She hates me, that's about the size of it"

9. Noun. A large magnitude. "The only city of any size in that area"

Definition of Size

1. n. Six.

2. n. A thin, weak glue used in various trades, as in painting, bookbinding, paper making, etc.

3. v. t. To cover with size; to prepare with size.

4. n. A settled quantity or allowance. See Assize.

5. v. t. To fix the standard of.

6. v. i. To take greater size; to increase in size.

Definition of Size

1. Noun. (obsolete except dialectal) An assize. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc. (defdate 14th-18th c.) ¹

3. Noun. (obsolete) A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink. (defdate 15th-17th c.) ¹

4. Noun. The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹

5. Noun. (obsolete) A regulation, piece of ordinance. (defdate 15th c.) ¹

6. Noun. A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹

7. Noun. (graph theory) A number of edges in a graph. (defdate from 20th c.) ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To adjust the size of; to make a certain size. ¹

9. Verb. (transitive) To classify or arrange by size. ¹

10. Verb. (transitive colloquial) To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of. ¹

11. Noun. A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon. ¹

12. Noun. Wallpaper paste. ¹

13. Noun. The thickened crust on coagulated blood. ¹

14. Verb. (transitive) To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Size

1. to arrange according to size (physical proportions) [v SIZED, SIZING, SIZES]

Medical Definition of Size

1. 1. A settled quantity or allowance. See Assize. "To scant my sizes." 2. An allowance of food and drink from the buttery, aside from the regular dinner at commons; corresponding to battel at Oxford. 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. 4. Figurative bulk; condition as to rank, ability, character, etc.; as, the office demands a man of larger size. "Men of a less size and quality." (L'Estrange) "The middling or lower size of people." (Swift) 5. A conventional relative measure of dimension, as for shoes, gloves, and other articles made up for sale. 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. 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. Synonym: Dimension, bigness, largeness, greatness, magnitude. Origin: Abbrev. From assize. See Assize, and cf. Size glue. 1. To fix the standard of. "To size weights and measures." 2. To adjust or arrange according to size or bulk. Specifically: To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature. To sift, as pieces of ore or metal, in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts. 3. To swell; to increase the bulk of. 4. To bring or adjust anything exactly to a required dimension, as by cutting. To size up, to estimate or ascertain the character and ability of. See 4th Size. "We had to size up our fellow legislators." (The Century) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Size

sixty-sixth sixty-third sixty-three sixty-two sixty cycle hum sixtyfold sixtyish sizable sizableness sizablenesses

sizably sizar sizars sizarship sizarships size (current term) size-zero size constancy size of it size perception

size stick size up size zero sizeable sizeableness sizeably sized sizeism

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