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the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing); "he wears a size 13 shoe" the physical magnitude of something (how big it is); "a wolf is about the size of a large dog" a large magnitude; "he blanched when he saw the size of the bill"; "the only city of any size in that area" the actual state of affairs; "that''s the size of the situation"; "she hates me, that''s about the size of it" any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics; "size gives body to a fabric" make to a size; bring to a suitable size sort according to size cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance) (used in combination) sized; "the economy-size package"; "average-size house" sized |
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