small

small
[[t]smɔ͟ːl[/t]]
♦
smaller, smallest
1) ADJ-GRADED A small person, thing, or amount of something is not large in physical size.

She is small for her age...

The window was far too small for him to get through...

Next door to the garage is a small orchard area...

Stick them on using a small amount of glue.

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Derived words:
smallness N-UNCOUNT

Amy had not mentioned the smallness and bareness of Luis's home.

2) ADJ-GRADED A small group or quantity consists of only a few people or things.

A small group of students meets regularly to learn Japanese...

Guns continued to be produced in small numbers.

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3) ADJ-GRADED A small child is a very young child.

I have a wife and two small children...

What were you like when you were small?

Syn:
4) ADJ-GRADED You use small to describe something that is not significant or great in degree.

It's quite easy to make quite small changes to the way that you work...

No detail was too small to escape her attention...

He believes this to be a relatively small problem.

Syn:
Ant:
5) ADJ-GRADED Small businesses or companies employ a small number of people and do business with a small number of clients.

...shops, restaurants and other small businesses...

Tool companies here are generally small.

6) ADJ-GRADED: ADJ n If someone speaks in a small voice, they speak in a quiet, high voice because they are frightened or ashamed.

`I'm scared,' she said in a very small voice.

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7) ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ If someone makes you look or feel small, they make you look or feel stupid or ashamed.

This may just be another of her schemes to make me look small...

When your children misbehave tell them without making them feel small.

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8) N-SING: the N of n The small of your back is the bottom part of your back that curves in slightly.

Place your hands on the small of your back and breathe in.

9) → See also smalls
the small hours → see hour
small wonder → see wonder

English dictionary. 2008.

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