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small - the slender part of the back |
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body part any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
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dorsum,
back the back of the body of a vertebrate or any analogous surface (as the upper or outer surface of an organ or appendage or part); "the dorsum of the foot"
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small - a garment size for a small person |
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size the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing); "he wears a size 13 shoe"
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small - limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group" |
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little |
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large,
big having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy"
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large,
big having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy"
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size the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing); "he wears a size 13 shoe"
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atomic immeasurably small
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subatomic of smaller than atomic dimensions
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bantam,
diminutive,
flyspeck,
midget,
petite,
tiny,
lilliputian very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"
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bittie,
weensy,
teeny-weeny,
teeny,
teentsy,
teensy-weensy,
teensy,
itty-bitty,
itsy-bitsy,
bitty,
weeny,
wee (used informally) very small; "a wee tot"
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dinky (British informal) pretty and neat; "what a dinky little hat"
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dwarfish atypically small; "dwarf tree"; "dwarf star"
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elflike,
elfin small and delicate; "she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate"; "obsessed by things elfin and small"
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gnomish used of small deformed creatures
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half-size half the usual or regular size
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infinitesimal,
minute infinitely or immeasurably small; "two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale"
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lesser smaller in size or amount or value; "the lesser powers of Europe"; "the lesser anteater"
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microscopical,
microscopic so small as to be invisible without a microscope; "differences were microscopic"
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micro extremely small in scale or scope or capability
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miniature being on a very small scale; "a miniature camera"
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miniscule,
minuscule very small; "a minuscule kitchen"; "a minuscule amount of rain fell"
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olive-sized about the size of an olive
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pocketable,
pocket-size,
pocket-sized small enough to be carried in a garment pocket; "pocket-size paperbacks"
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shrimpy,
puny,
runty (used especially of persons) of inferior size
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slim,
slender being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"
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littler,
smaller small or little relative to something else
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smallish rather small
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small-scale created or drawn on a small scale; "small-scale maps"; "a small-scale model"
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undersize,
undersized smaller than normal for its kind
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small - have fine or very small constituent particles; "a small misty rain" |
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fine characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment; "fine wine"; "looking fine in her Easter suit"; "a fine gentleman"; "fine china and crystal"; "a fine violinist"; "the fine hand of a master"
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small - on a small scale; "think small" |
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big in a major way; "the play failed big at the box office"
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