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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Big \Big\, 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. 2. Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively. [Day] big with the fate of Cato and of Rome. --Addison. 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. God hath not in heaven a bigger argument. --Jer. Taylor. Note: Big is often used in self-explaining compounds; as big-boned; big-sounding; big-named; big-voiced. {To talk big}, to talk loudly, arrogantly, or pretentiously. I talked big to them at first --De Foe. Syn: Bulky; large great; massive; gross. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Biggest \Big"gest\, a., superl. of {Big}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: biggest adj : greatest in size of those under consideration [syn: {greatest}, {largest}]
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