Pronunciation
- IPA: /saɪz/
size (plural sizes)
- (obsolete, outside, dialects) An assize. [from 14th c.]
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 560:
- 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.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 560:
- (obsolete) A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc. [14th-18th c.]
- (obsolete) A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink. [15th-17th c.]
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, scene iv]:
- to scant my sizes
- The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is. [from 15th c.]
- The size of the building seemed to have increased since I was last there.
- (obsolete) A regulation, piece of ordinance. [15th c.]
- A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing. [from 16th c.]
- I don't think we have the red one in your size.
- (graph theory) A number of edges in a graph. [from 20th c.]
- (figurative, dated) Degree of rank, ability, character, etc.
- 1692, Roger L'Estrange, ''Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists
- men of a less size and quality
- RQ
- the middle or lower size of people
- 1692, Roger L'Estrange, ''Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists
- An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls.
- See also Thesaurus:size
- French: taille
- German: Größe
- Italian: taglia, dimensione
- Portuguese: tamanho
- Russian: разме́р
- Spanish: tamaño, talla
- French: taille
- German: Größe, Kleidergröße, Konfektionsgröße
- Italian: taglia
- Portuguese: tamanho
- Russian: разме́р
- Spanish: talla
size (sizes, present participle sizing; past and past participle sized)
- (transitive) To adjust the size of; to make a certain size.
- 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: Printed by W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, OCLC 1086746628 ↗:
- a statute […] to size weights, and measures
- (transitive) To classify or arrange by size.
- (transitive, colloquial) To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of.
- (intransitive) To take a greater size; to increase in size.
- 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.
- after 1633 (first published), John Donne, Farewell to Love
- (UK, Cambridge University, obsolete) To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.
- (transitive, obsolete) To swell; to increase the bulk of.
- Spanish: medir
size (plural sizes)
A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon. - Wallpaper paste.
- The thickened crust on coagulated blood.
- Any viscous substance, such as gilder's varnish.
- Spanish: cola
size (sizes, present participle sizing; past and past participle sized)
- (transitive) To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted.
- Spanish: sellar, encolar
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