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Adjective size has 1 sense

size - (used in combination) sized; "the economy-size package"; "average-size house"
Antonym: unsized (indirect, via sized)

Noun size has 5 senses

size - the physical magnitude of something (how big it is); "a wolf is about the size of a large dog"
--₁ is a kind of magnitude
--₁ has particulars:
circumference, perimeter; largeness, bigness; smallness, littleness; distance, length

Derived forms: verb size₃, verb size₂
size - the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing); "he wears a size 13 shoe"
--₂ is a kind of property
--₂ has particulars:
extra large; large; number; octavo, eightvo, 8vo; outsize; petite; quarto, 4to; regular; small; stout

Derived forms: verb size₃, verb size₂
size, sizing - any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics; "size gives body to a fabric"
--₃ is a kind of filler

Derived form: verb size₁
size, size of it - the actual state of affairs; "that's the size of the situation"; "she hates me, that's about the size of it"
--₄ is a kind of situation, state of affairs
size - a large magnitude; "he blanched when he saw the size of the bill"; "the only city of any size in that area"
--₅ is a kind of magnitude

Verb size has 3 senses

size - cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance)
--₁ is one way to coat, surface

Derived forms: noun size₃, noun sizing₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
size - sort according to size
--₂ is one way to classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate

Derived forms: noun size₂, noun size₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
size - make to a size; bring to a suitable size
--₃ is one way to change magnitude

Derived forms: noun size₂, noun size₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something