large \large\ laumrj, a. compar. larger laumr"j~er;
   superl. largest. f., fr. l. largus. cf. largo.
   1. exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk,
      capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of
      constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; --
      opposed to small; as, a large horse; a large house or
      room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large
      vineyard; a large army; a large city.
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   note: for linear dimensions, and mere extent, great, and not
         large, is used as a qualifying word; as, great length,
         breadth, depth; a great distance; a great height.
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   2. abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.
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            we have yet large day.                --milton.
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   3. full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.
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            i might be very large upon the importance and
            advantages of education.              --felton.
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   4. having more than usual power or capacity; having broad
      sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; -- said
      of the mind and heart.
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   5. free; unembarrassed. obs.
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            of burdens all he set the paynims large. --fairfax.
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   6. unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language. obs. "some
      large jests he will make." --shak.
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   7. prodigal in expending; lavish. obs. --chaucer.
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   8. naut. crossing the line of a ship's course in a
      favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam,
      or between the beam and the quarter.
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   at large.
      a without restraint or confinement; as, to go at large;
          to be left at large.
      b diffusely; fully; in the full extent; as, to discourse
          on a subject at large.

   common at large. see under common, n.

   electors at large, representative at large, electors, or
      a representative, as in congress, chosen to represent the
      whole of a state, in distinction from those chosen to
      represent particular districts in a state. u. s.

   to give large, to go large, to run large, or to sail
   large naut., to have the wind crossing the direction of a
      vessel's course in such a way that the sails feel its full
      force, and the vessel gains its highest speed. see
      large, a., 8.

   syn: big; bulky; huge; capacious; comprehensive; ample;
        abundant; plentiful; populous; copious; diffusive;
        liberal.
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see also:
larger largest largo small at large common at large 
common electors at large representative at large to give large to go large 
to run large to sail large large