small /smɔl/
1. the slender part of the back
synset: small
2. a garment size for a small person
synset: small
1. 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"
2. relatively moderate, limited, or small; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"
synset: minor, modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized
3. (of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"
4. slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope; "a series of death struggles with small time in between"
synset: small
5. low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
synset: humble, low, lowly, modest, small
6. lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"
synset: little, minuscule, small
7. (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"
8. have fine or very small constituent particles; "a small misty rain"
synset: small
9. not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"
10. made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her comments made me feel small"
synset: belittled, diminished, small
1. on a small scale; "think small"
synset: small
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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