Pronunciations
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/saɪz/
Noun
The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.
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- Uncountable
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The size of the building seemed to have increased since I was last there.
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Ashley: Look at the size of that ship! Kaidan: The Ascension. Flagship of the Citadel fleet. Joker: Well, size isn't everything. Ashley: Why so touchy, Joker? Joker: I'm just saying you need firepower, too.
[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].
A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing.
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I don't think we have the red one in your size.
What size are you? I mean, what size shoes do you take?
The number of edges in a graph.
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- Uncountable
Degree of rank, ability, character, etc.
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- Dated
- Figurative
- Uncountable
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men of a less size and quality**
the middle or lower size of people
An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls
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Edward H[enry] Knight (1877), “Size”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes III (REA–ZYM), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC..
An assize.
Usage- Countable
- dialectal
- Obsolete
- Uncountable
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I know you would have women above the law, but it is all a lye; I heard his lordship say at size, that no one is above the law.
A regulation, piece of ordinance.
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- Obsolete
- Uncountable
A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc.
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- Obsolete
- Uncountable
A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink.
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- Obsolete
- Uncountable
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to scant my sizes
Verb
To adjust the size of; to make a certain size.
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a statute […] to size weights, and measures
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I milled all the stock to size, and because it was air-dried, I did it in stages. […] Once the material is sized, it's time to cut the finger joints, which are really the star of the show.
To classify or arrange by size. To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature.
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To classify or arrange by size. To sift (pieces of ore or metal) in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts.
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To classify or arrange by size. To separate different proteins by molecular weight.
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However, SDS-PAGE consistently sized most of the proteins smaller than the ProteoAnalyzer, resulting in a larger percent difference between the two systems.
To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of.
Usage- Colloquial
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To take a greater size; to increase in size.
Usage- Intransitive
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after 1633 (first published), John Donne, Farewell to Love Our desires give them fashion, and so, / As they wax lesser, fall, as they size, grow.
To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.
Usage- UK usage
- Obsolete
To swell; to increase the bulk of.
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Noun
A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon.
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The beginning of a new episode of work for Bradly was an agitated niggling over six-by-four squares of cardboard coated with size and white lead, prepared by himself to save an experimental waste of canvas.
Wallpaper paste.
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- Uncountable
The thickened crust on coagulated blood.
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- Uncountable
Any viscous substance, such as gilder's varnish.
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- Uncountable
Verb
To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted.
Usage- Transitive
To apply a thickening agent (such as cornstarch or gelatin) to warp threads to prevent abrasion or unraveling during weaving.
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After spinning, the singles are either dyed for sale as thread or sized with cornstarch, woven into fabric, and sewn into garments and accessories that are dyed after completion.
Adjective
(used in combination) sized
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the economy-size package
average-size house
Noun
the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
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a wolf is about the size of a large dog
the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing)
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he wears a size 13 shoe
any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics
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size gives body to a fabric
the actual state of affairs
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that's the size of the situation
she hates me, that's about the size of it
a large magnitude
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he blanched when he saw the size of the bill
the only city of any size in that area
Verb
cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance)
sort according to size
make to a size; bring to a suitable size
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