Found 5 hits - Term: bigger, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [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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