- size⇄-size
(combining form.) a variant of -sized, as in
Ex. life-size, an average-size man. - size⇄adj. having size; sized.
- size⇄expr. cut down to size,
a. to reduce to (a specified size or number) by or as if by cutting.
Ex. to cut a plant down to size. Sportswriters had named his team the best in the country, and he was determined to cut his players down to fighting - size⇄expr. of a size, of the same size.
Ex. There are large and small pears, but the apples are all of a size. - size⇄expr. size up, (Informal.)
a. to form an opinion of; estimate.
Ex. A fellow ought to ... look 'em [candidates] all over and size 'em up, and then decide carefully (Sinclair Lewis).
b. to come up to some size or grade.
Ex. It was - size⇄expr. try for size, to try out or test for fit or appropriateness.
Ex. A British Railways liner train was tried for size at the first special depot (London Times). - size⇄noun a preparation made from glue, starch, or other sticky material; sizing. It is used to cover paper, plaster, or other material, or stiffen cloth, and glaze paper.
- size⇄noun 1. the amount of surface or space a thing takes up.
Ex. The two boys are of the same size. The library has books of all sizes. We need a house of larger size.
2. extent; amount; magnitude.
Ex. the size of an industry, the size of - size⇄size (1), noun, verb, sized,sizing,adjective.
- size⇄size (2), noun, verb, sized,sizing.
- size⇄v.t. to coat, treat, fill, or glaze with size.
- size⇄v.t. 1. to arrange or classify according to size or in sizes.
Ex. Will you size these nails? Why should a man's shirt be sized by his neck but his pyjamas by his chest? (Observer).
2. to make of a certain size.
3. (Obsolete.) to regul