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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Small \Small\, adv 1. In or to small extent, quantity, or degree; little; slightly. [Obs.] ``I wept but small.'' --Chaucer. ``It small avails my mood.'' --Shak. 2. Not loudly; faintly; timidly. [Obs. or Humorous] You may speak as small as you will --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Small \Small\, n. 1. The small or slender part of a thing as the small of the leg or of the back 2. pl Smallclothes. [Colloq.] --Hood. Dickens. 3. pl Same as {Little go}. See under {Little}, a. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Small \Small\, v. t. To make little or less [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Small \Small\ (sm[add]l), a. [Compar. {Smaller}; superl. {Smallest}.] [OE. small AS sm[ae]l; akin to D. smal narrow, OS & OHG. smal small G. schmal narrow, Dan. & Sw smal, Goth. smals small Icel. smali smal cattle, sheep, or goats; cf Gr mh^lon a sheep or goat.] 1. Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much inconsiderable; as a small man; a small river. To compare Great things with small --Milton. 2. Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as a small fault; a small business. 3. Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; -- sometimes in reproach, paltry; mean A true delineation of the smallest man is capable of interesting the greatest man. --Carlyle. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: small adj 1: limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a small house"; "read the small print"; "a little (or small) group" [syn: {little}] [ant: {large}, {large}] 2: limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans" [syn: {minor}, {modest}, {small-scale}] 3: low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings" [syn: {humble}, {low}, {lowly}, {modest}] 4: of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "the little man"; "peanut politicians"; "a crowd of small writers had vainly attempted to rival Addison"- Macaulay [syn: {insignificant}, {little}, {peanut}] 5: very young; "a little child"; "small children" [syn: {little}] 6: too small to be seen except under a microscope [syn: {microscopic}, {microscopical}] [ant: {macroscopic}] 7: not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way" [syn: {modest}] 8: (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice" [syn: {little}] 9: made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her comments made me feel small" [syn: {belittled}, {diminished}] 10: lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters" [syn: {little}, {minuscule}] 11: contemptibly narrow in outlook; "a little mind consumed with trivia"; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with the pettiness of small minds" [syn: {little}, {petty}, {small-minded}] 12: have fine or very small constituent particles; "a small misty rain" 13: (archaic) slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope; "a series of death struggles with small time in between" [syn: {small(a)}] 14: used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a small miserly man" [syn: {mean}, {mingy}, {miserly}, {little}, {tight}] n 1: the slender part of the back 2: a garment size for a small person adv : on a small scale; "think small" [ant: {big}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: SMALL 1. Functional, lazy, untyped. ["SMALL - A Small Interactive Functional System", L. Augustsson TR 28, U Goteborg and Chalmers U, 1986]. 2. A {toy language} used to illustrate {denotational semantics}. ["The Denotational Description of Programming Languages", M.J.C. Gordon, Springer 1979].
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