size

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.

   “The size of the building seemed to have increased since I was last there.”

   “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, […].”

2. (countable, uncountable)A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing.

   “I don't think we have the red one in your size.”

   “What size are you? I mean, what size shoes do you take?”

3. (countable, uncountable)The number of edges in a graph.
4. (countable, dated, figuratively, uncountable)Degree of rank, ability, character, etc.

   “men of a less size and quality**”

   “the middle or lower size of people”

5. (countable, uncountable)An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls

   “Edward H[enry] Knight (1877), “Size”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes III (REA–ZYM), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC..”

6. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)Ellipsis of chili size (“hamburger served with chili con carne”).
7. (countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable)An assize.

   “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.”

8. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A regulation, piece of ordinance.
9. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc.
10. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink.

    “to scant my sizes”

11. (countable, uncountable)A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon.

    “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.”

12. (countable, uncountable)Wallpaper paste.
13. (countable, uncountable)The thickened crust on coagulated blood.
14. (countable, uncountable)Any viscous substance, such as gilder's varnish.
15. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of sice (“number six in dice games”).

verb

1. (transitive)To adjust the size of; to make a certain size.

   “a statute […] to size weights, and measures”

2. (transitive)To classify or arrange by size.
3. (transitive)To classify or arrange by size.
4. (transitive)To classify or arrange by size.

   “However, SDS-PAGE consistently sized most of the proteins smaller than the ProteoAnalyzer, resulting in a larger percent difference between the two systems.”

5. (colloquial, transitive)To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of.
6. (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.”

7. (UK, obsolete)To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.
8. (obsolete, transitive)To swell; to increase the bulk of.

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9. (transitive)To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted.
10. (transitive)To apply a thickening agent (such as cornstarch or gelatin) to warp threads to prevent abrasion or unraveling during weaving.

    “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.”