What is the meaning of small?

noun

  • The slender part of the back.
  • A garment size for a small person.

adjective

  • Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
    • usage: "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"
  • Limited in size or scope.
    • usage: "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"
  • Of children and animals. ( young, immature)
    • usage: "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"
  • Slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope.
    • usage: "a series of death struggles with small time in between"
  • Low or inferior in station or quality.
    • usage: "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
  • Lowercase.
    • usage: "little a"; "small a"; "e. E. Cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"
  • Of a voice. ( faint)
    • usage: "a little voice"; "a still small voice"
  • Have fine or very small constituent particles.
    • usage: "a small misty rain"
  • Not large but sufficient in size or amount.
    • usage: "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"
  • Made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth. )
    • usage: "her comments made me feel small"

adverb

  • On a small scale.
    • usage: "think small"
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