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(verb) make to a size; bring to a suitable size |
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Related Words: change magnitude, resize, scale |
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(verb) sort according to size |
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Related Words: assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out |
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(verb) cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance) |
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Related Words: coat, surface |
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(satellite adjective) (used in combination) "the economy-size package"; "average-sized houses" |
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(noun) the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing); "he wears a size 13 shoe" |
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Related Words: 4to, 8vo, eightvo, extra large, large, measure, measurement, number, octavo, outsize, petite, quarto, regular, small, stout |
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(noun) the physical magnitude of something (how big it is); "a wolf is about the size of a large dog" |
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Related Words: bigness, circumference, largeness, littleness, magnitude, perimeter, smallness |
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(noun) a large magnitude; "he blanched when he saw the size of the bill"; "the only city of any size in that area" |
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Related Words: magnitude |
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(noun) (informal) the actual state of affairs; "that's the size of the situation"; "she hates me, that's about the size of it" |
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Synonyms: size of it |
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Related Words: situation, state of affairs |
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(noun) any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics; "size gives body to a fabric" |
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Synonyms: sizing |
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Related Words: filler |
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