belittled, diminished, small
(adjective) made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); “her comments made me feel small”
small, little
(adjective) 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”
minor, modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized
(adjective) relatively moderate, limited, or small; “a small business”; “a newspaper with a modest circulation”; “small-scale plans”; “a pocket-size country”
little, small
(adjective) (of a voice) faint; “a little voice”; “a still small voice”
little, minuscule, small
(adjective) lowercase; “little a”; “small a”; “e.e.cummings’s poetry is written all in minuscule letters”
modest, small
(adjective) not large but sufficient in size or amount; “a modest salary”; “modest inflation”; “helped in my own small way”
small
(adjective) slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope; “a series of death struggles with small time in between”
little, small
(adjective) (of children and animals) young, immature; “what a big little boy you are”; “small children”
small
(adjective) have fine or very small constituent particles; “a small misty rain”
humble, low, lowly, modest, small
(adjective) low or inferior in station or quality; “a humble cottage”; “a lowly parish priest”; “a modest man of the people”; “small beginnings”
small
(adverb) on a small scale; “think small”
small
(noun) a garment size for a small person
small
(noun) the slender part of the back
Source: WordNet® 3.1
small (comparative smaller, superlative smallest)
Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
(figuratively) Young, as a child.
(writing, incomparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written or printed letters.
Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
(archaic) Slender, gracefully slim.
• (not large or big): little, microscopic, minuscule, minute, tiny; see also tiny
• (young, as a child): little, wee (Scottish), young
• (of written letters): lowercase, minuscule
• See also large
• (not large or big): capital, big, generous (said of an amount of something given), large
• (young, as a child): adult, grown-up, old
• (of written letters): big, capital, majuscule, uppercase
small (comparative smaller, superlative smallest)
In a small fashion.
In or into small pieces.
(obsolete) To a small extent.
(obsolete) In a low tone; softly.
small (plural smalls)
(rare) Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.
small (third-person singular simple present smalls, present participle smalling, simple past and past participle smalled)
(obsolete, transitive) To make little or less.
(intransitive) To become small; to dwindle.
• malls
Small (plural Smalls)
A surname.
• malls
Source: Wiktionary
Small, a. [Compar. Smaller; superl. Smallest.] Etym: [OE. small, AS. sm$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.
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 reatest 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 2 -- 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.
Definition: Smallclothes. [Colloq.] Hood. Dickens.
3. pl.
Definition: Same as Little go. See under Little, a.
Small, v. t.
Definition: To make little or less. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
