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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
big \big\ bi^g, a. compar. bigger; superl. biggest.
   perh. from celtic; cf. w. beichiog, beichiawg, pregnant,
   with child, fr. baich burden, arm. beac'h; or cf. oe. bygly,
   icel. biggiligr, properly habitable; then magnigicent,
   excellent, fr. oe. biggen, icel. byggja, to dwell, build,
   akin to e. be.
   1. having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of
      great size; large. "he's too big to go in there." --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth
      or produce; -- often figuratively.
      1913 webster

            day big with the fate of cato and of rome.
                                                  --addison.
      1913 webster

   3. having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation,
      distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a
      big heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big. as applied
      to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride.
      1913 webster

            god hath not in heaven a bigger argument. --jer.
                                                  taylor.
      1913 webster

   note: big is often used in self-explaining compounds; as,
         big-boned; big-sounding; big-named; big-voiced.
         1913 webster

   to talk big, to talk loudly, arrogantly, or pretentiously.
      1913 webster

            i talked big to them at first.        --de foe.
      1913 webster

   syn: bulky; large; great; massive; gross.
        1913 webster big
see also:
bigger biggest to talk big 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bigger \big"ger\, a.,
   compar. of big.
   1913 webster
see also:
big 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
big
     adj 1: above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or
            extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a
            large sum"; "a big or large barn"; "a large family";
            "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number
            of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large
            areas of the world" syn: large ant: small, small
     2: significant; "graduation was a big day in his life"
     3: of very great significance; "deciding to drop the atom bomb
        was a very big decision"; "a momentous event" syn: momentous
     4: conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the
        movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in
        financial circles"; "a prominent citizen" syn: large, prominent
     5: very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big
        or bad shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm" syn: bad
     6: loud and firm; "a big voice"; "big bold piano sounds"
     7: prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor"
        syn: biga, heavya
     8: of animals fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown
        woman" syn: adult, full-grown, fully grown, grown,
         grownup
     9: marked by intense physical force; "a big wind"
     10: feeling self-importance; "too big for his britches"; "had a
         swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride" syn: swelled,
          vainglorious
     11: older brother or sister; "big sister" syn: biga, elder,
          older ant: littlea
     12: exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" syn: boastful, braggarta,
          bragginga, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing,
          self-aggrandising
     13: generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough
         to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so
         forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large
         heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies" syn: large, magnanimous
     14: given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous
         goodness of god"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded
         host"; "a handsome allowance"; "saturday's child is
         loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a
         munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"
         syn: bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded,
          handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded
     15: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child";
         "was great with child" syn: bigp, enceinte, expectant,
          gravid, greatp, largep, heavyp, with
         childp
     adv 1: extremely well; "his performance went over big"
     2: in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening" syn: boastfully,
         vauntingly, large
     3: on a grand scale; "think big" ant: small
     4: in a major way; "the play failed big at the box office"
     also: biggest, bigger
see also:
large small momentous prominent bad biga 
heavya adult full-grown fully grown grown 
grownup swelled vainglorious elder older 
littlea boastful braggarta bragginga braggy 
cock-a-hoop crowing self-aggrandizing self-aggrandising magnanimous 
bighearted bounteous bountiful freehanded handsome 
giving liberal openhanded bigp enceinte 
expectant gravid greatp largep heavyp 
with childp boastfully vauntingly biggest bigger 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
bigger
     adj : large or big relative to something else syn: larger
see also:
larger 
[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
bigger
     see big
see also:
big 

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