big
IPA: bˈɪg
noun
- An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
- (in the plural) The big leagues, big time.
- (university slang) A initiated member of a sorority or fraternity who acts as a mentor to a new member (the little).
- (BDSM, ABDL) The participant in ageplay who acts out the older role.
- One or more kinds of barley, especially six-rowed barley.
- A biological insulation garment; an air-tight, full-body suit intended to prevent the spread of contaminants.
verb
- (transitive, archaic, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To inhabit; occupy.
- (reflexive, archaic, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To locate oneself.
- (transitive, archaic, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To build; erect; fashion.
- (intransitive, archaic, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To dwell; have a dwelling.
adjective
- Of great size, large.
- (informal) Fat.
- (sometimes figurative) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
- (informal) Well-endowed; with a desired body part notably large.
- Specifically, big-breasted.
- Having a large penis.
- Having large muscles, especially visible ones such as the chest and arm muscles.
- (informal) Adult; (of a child) older.
- (informal, slang, rare, of somebody's age) Old, mature. Used to imply that somebody is too old for something, or acting immaturely.
- (informal, transitive with of) Mature, conscientious, principled; generous.
- (informal) Important or significant.
- Popular.
- (of a city) Populous.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns
- (of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein, often capitalized) Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.
- (informal, with on) Enthusiastic (about).
adverb
- In a loud manner.
- In a boasting manner.
- In a large amount or to a large extent.
- On a large scale, expansively.
- Hard.
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Examples of "big" in Sentences
- How big is the tarn
- The skeletal of dinosaurs is big.
- The big school had a large student body.
- Big Star is the naive cousin of The Big Time.
- The large gap of the rich and the poor is a big social problem.
- The county is largely covered by the dense forest of the Big Thicket.
- The movie was a big hit and made Dada's simpleton image a huge success.
- These are big paintings, confirming the greatness of the school of Leys.
- The viola largely disappeared from pop music at the start of the big band era.
- I think someone needed to point out the great big hulking elephant in the room.
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