SIZE

size

(adjective) (used in combination) sized; “the economy-size package”; “average-size house”

size

(noun) the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing); “he wears a size 13 shoe”

size

(noun) the physical magnitude of something (how big it is); “a wolf is about the size of a large dog”

size

(noun) a large magnitude; “he blanched when he saw the size of the bill”; “the only city of any size in that area”

size, size of it

(noun) the actual state of affairs; “that’s the size of the situation”; “she hates me, that’s about the size of it”

size, sizing

(noun) any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics; “size gives body to a fabric”

size

(verb) make to a size; bring to a suitable size

size

(verb) sort according to size

size

(verb) cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

size (countable and uncountable, plural sizes)

(obsolete, outside, dialects) An assize. [from 14th c.]

(obsolete) A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc. [14th-18th c.]

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

The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is. [from 15th c.]

(obsolete) A regulation, piece of ordinance. [15th c.]

A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing. [from 16th c.]

(graph theory) A number of edges in a graph. [from 20th c.]

(figurative, dated) Degree of rank, ability, character, etc.

An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls.

Synonyms

• See also size

Hyponyms

• bid size

• cup size

• effect size

• family size

• file size

• shoe size

Verb

size (third-person singular simple present sizes, present participle sizing, simple past and past participle sized)

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

(transitive) To classify or arrange by size.

(military) To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature.

(mining) To sift (pieces of ore or metal) in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts.

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

(intransitive) To take a greater size; to increase in size.

(UK, Cambridge University, obsolete) To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.

(transitive, obsolete) To swell; to increase the bulk of.

Hyponyms

• (to adjust size): resize

Etymology 2

Noun

size (plural sizes)

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

Wallpaper paste.

The thickened crust on coagulated blood.

Any viscous substance, such as gilder's varnish.

Verb

size (third-person singular simple present sizes, present participle sizing, simple past and past participle sized)

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

Source: Wiktionary

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Size, n. Etym: [See Sice, and Sise.]

Definition: Six.

Size, n. Etym: [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.

2. Any viscous substance, as gilder's varnish.

Size, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sized; p. pr. & vb. n. Sizing.]

Definition: To cover with size; to prepare with size.

Size, n. Etym: [Abbrev. from assize. See Assize, and cf. Size glue.]

1. A settled quantity or allowance. See Assize. [Obs.] "To scant my sizes." Shak.

2. (Univ. of Cambridge, Eng.)

Definition: 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. Knight. 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.

Syn.

– Dimension; bigness; largeness; greatness; magnitude.

Size, v. t.

1. To fix the standard of. "To size weights and measures." [R.] Bacon.

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.

3. To swell; to increase the bulk of. Beau. & Fl.

4. (Mech.)

Definition: 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, 4. [Slang, U.S.] We had to size up our fellow legislators. The Century.

Size, v. i.

1. To take greater size; to increase in size. Our desires give them fashion, and so, As they wax lesser, fall, as they size, grow. Donne.

2. (Univ. of Cambridge, Eng.)

Definition: To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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