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Sounds | say'z |
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Rhymes | actualize, advertise, advise, and 252 more rhymes in ayz at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | (used in combination) sized. |
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Examples | "the economy-size package"; "average-size house" |
Similar to | sized |
Usage | combining form |
Meaning | The physical magnitude of something (how big it is). |
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Examples | "a wolf is about the size of a large dog" |
Attributes | large, big; small, little |
Narrower | circumference, perimeter; largeness, bigness; smallness, littleness; distance, length |
Broader | magnitude |
Verbs | size; size |
Meaning | The property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing). |
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Examples | "he wears a size 13 shoe" |
Narrower | extra large; large; number; octavo, eightvo, 8vo; outsize; petite; quarto, 4to; regular; small; stout |
Broader | property |
Verbs | size; size |
Meaning | Any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics. |
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Examples | "size gives body to a fabric" |
Synonyms | sizing |
Broader | filler |
Verbs | size |
Meaning | The actual state of affairs. |
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Examples | "that's the size of the situation"; "she hates me, that's about the size of it" |
Synonyms | size of it |
Broader | situation, state of affairs |
Usage | colloquialism |
Meaning | A large magnitude. |
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Examples | "he blanched when he saw the size of the bill"; "the only city of any size in that area" |
Broader | magnitude |
Meaning | Cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance). |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | coat, surface |
Nouns | size, sizing |
Meaning | Sort according to size. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate |
Nouns | size; size |
Meaning | Make to a size. Bring to a suitable size. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Narrower | scale; resize |
Broader | change magnitude |
See also | size up |
Nouns | size; size |