noun
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Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.
verb
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To make little or less.
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To become small; to dwindle.
adjective
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Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
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A small group.
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Young, as a child.
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Remember when the children were small?
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(writing, incomparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written or printed letters.
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Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
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Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
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a small space of time
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Slender, gracefully slim.
adverb
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In a small fashion.
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In or into small pieces.
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To a small extent.
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In a low tone; softly.
Examples of small in a Sentence
It's a very small window.
The small birds were singing softly.
There are three small rooms up stairs.
The vase had a very small neck, and spread out at the top like a bowl.
A small plastic bag fell out of the pocket.
The house has but two small second story bedrooms.
Lisa did the best she could to draw a map on the small piece of paper.
Somehow it seemed such a small thing now.
It was of small dimensions, with a peaked cottage roof, and not much else to be seen, the dirt being raised five feet all around as if it were a compost heap.
One stone was "small," another was "very small."
They married a month later at a small church in Bartlesville and Adrienne moved to the farm.
About 10 feet back into the cave water oozed from the wall, slowly dripping into a small rock pool.
All I want is a small place of my own.
In seconds a small script appeared.
Brandon handed a small sack to Rachel.
I ate very small fish for supper.
It makes me feel small when you keep things from me - like you don't trust me, or you think I'm not mature enough to handle it.
She looked small and vulnerable.
Wiggling through the small opening, she turned and pulled the sash back down.
A small round table and two chairs were placed in a corner near the doorway to the family room, providing a view of the fireplace.
So it was arranged that the boy should travel with a small company of merchants who were going to the same place.
Instead, she collected a few small photos and arranged them all in one frame.
She wandered through the house, peering out the window until she spotted a small shed.
In such a small town, there couldn't be many positions, and the pay wouldn't come close to what she was making in Tulsa.
Our ability to process data, move information, and make things small will progress to a point where they will not be gating factors ever again.
In warfare, asymmetry is where something very small can do a huge amount of damage.
I love to play with little sister, she is weak and small baby.
One inconvenience I sometimes experienced in so small a house, the difficulty of getting to a sufficient distance from my guest when we began to utter the big thoughts in big words.
She will be quite ill now, said Prince Andrew, as he entered the study, rubbing his small white hands.
She picked up a small valise and lifted her skirt as she stepped off the boardwalk into the dust.
These countries, particularly in the Balkans, were often small and tended toward war.
It is a custom in the South to build a small house near the homestead as an annex to be used on occasion.
He sawed a channel in the ice toward the shore, and hauled it over and along and out on to the ice with oxen; but, before he had gone far in his work, he was surprised to find that it was wrong end upward, with the stumps of the branches pointing down, and the small end firmly fastened in the sandy bottom.
Centuries ago, North America saw a shortage of small coins, so large ones were cut into bits to circulate as small change.
We could go on here and talk about other military powers and alliances, but the simple fact is that large countries are less willing to risk war in defense of small ones.
The fact that small nations can adopt standard treaties, laws, currencies, and international practices of larger countries means that a small economic unit can be viable.
I lived, up to the time of the illness that deprived me of my sight and hearing, in a tiny house consisting of a large square room and a small one, in which the servant slept.
Pierre continually glanced at Prince Andrew; Prince Andrew rubbed his forehead with his small hand.
I was left sitting on my hands until the appointed hour of Howie's nap before Betsy assigned me the chore of remaining in the small room while he slept.
Not many small towns so I'll keep rolling and not tarry here.
But their journey was almost over, for in a short time they reached a small cave from which there was no further outlet.
But he had never seen any pictures except a few small ones in a book.
He was dressed in fine style and carried a small cane.
In the affairs of nations, large and powerful ones long have imposed their wills on the small and weak ones.
It was balanced perilously between a small town that lacked only a sheriff, and a booming frontier town.
Betsy pulled a small tape recorder from her purse.
At six o'clock we pulled off the highway and found a family style restaurant in a small Maryland town.
He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all.
We don't need miniaturization to go to infinitely small, just really, really small.
In 1665, physicist Robert Hooke pointed a microscope at a piece of cork and noticed many small compartments he called "cells."