HyperDic: size

English > 9 senses of the word *size*:
NOUN	attribute	size	the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
	attribute	size	the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing)
	substance	size, sizing	any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics
	state	size, size of it	the actual state of affairs
	attribute	size	a large magnitude
VERB	contact	size	cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance)
	cognition	size	sort according to size
	change	size	make to a size
ADJECTIVE	all	size	(used in combination) sized

size > pronunciation
Sounds	say'z
Rhymes	actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz...

English > *size*: 9 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	(used in combination) sized.
Examples	"the economy-size package" "average-size house"
Broader	sized	Having a specified size
Usage of	combining form	A bound form used only in compounds

English > *size*: 9 senses > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	The physical magnitude of something (how big it is).
Example	"a wolf is about the size of a large dog"
Attributes	large, big	Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Attributes	small, little	Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Narrower	circumference, perimeter	The size of something as given by the distance around it
	distance, length	size of the gap between two places
	largeness, bigness	The property of having a relatively great size
	smallness, littleness	The property of having a relatively small size
Broader	magnitude	The property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
Spanish	medida, tamaño
Catalan	grandària, mida
Verbs	size	make to a size
Verbs	size	sort according to size

English > *size*: 9 senses > noun 2, attribute
Meaning	The property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing).
Example	"he wears a size 13 shoe"
Narrower	extra large	A garment size for a very large person
	large	A garment size for a large person
	number	A clothing measurement
	octavo, eightvo, 8vo	The size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves
	outsize	An unusual garment size (especially one that is very large)
	petite	A garment size for short or slender women
	quarto, 4to	The size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves
	regular	A garment size for persons of average height and weight
	small	A garment size for a small person
	stout	A garment size for a large or heavy person
	tall	A garment size for a tall person
Broader	property	A basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class
Spanish	talla
Catalan	talla
Verbs	size	make to a size
Verbs	size	sort according to size

English > *size*: 9 senses > noun 3, substance
Meaning	Any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics.
Example	"size gives body to a fabric"
Synonym	sizing
Broader	filler	Used for filling cracks or holes in a surface
Spanish	captura
Verbs	size	cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance)

English > *size*: 9 senses > noun 4, state
Meaning	The actual state of affairs.
Examples	"that's the size of the situation" "she hates me, that's about the size of it"
Synonym	size of it
Broader	situation, state of affairs	The general state of things
Usage of	colloquialism	A colloquial expression
Spanish	magnitud, realidad, tamaño

English > *size*: 9 senses > noun 5, attribute
Meaning	A large magnitude.
Examples	"he blanched when he saw the size of the bill" "the only city of any size in that area"
Broader	magnitude	The property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)

English > *size*: 9 senses > verb 1, contact
Meaning	Cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance) .
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Broader	coat, surface	Put a coat on
Nouns	size, sizing	any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics

English > *size*: 9 senses > verb 2, cognition
Meaning	sort according to size.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Broader	classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate	Arrange or order by classes or categories / categories
Catalan	classificar per la mida
Nouns	size	the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
Nouns	size	the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing)

English > *size*: 9 senses > verb 3, change
Meaning	make to a size; bring to a suitable size.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Narrower	resize	change the size of
Narrower	scale	size / size or measure according to a scale
Broader	change magnitude	change in size or magnitude
See also	size up	to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
Nouns	size	the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
Nouns	size	the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing)

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