sizing

IPA: sˈaɪzɪŋ

noun

  • A gelatinous glue for glazing or sizing canvas, paper, plaster or wood; often made from animal skins.
  • Paste.
  • A weak glue used in various trades; size.
  • (UK, Cambridge University, dated) Food and drink ordered from the buttery by a student.
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Examples of "sizing" in Sentences

  • Obama takes care in sizing up ‘tea party’ movement.
  • The sizing in Canada is the US size, not the UK size.
  • The pants are available in sizing for teen girls, but not for teen boys.
  • But in sizing up this latest sibling collision course, a rather jarring fact comes to mind.
  • “And by the same token many men who are most correct in sizing up the universe have been least great.”
  • Should go and look at kids 'clothes shops for myself, sometimes if the sizing is big I can squeeze into girls' stuff.
  • Vanity sizing is desperate to massage our bruised body image with smaller numbers, while industry-wide sizing discrepancies leave us baffled as to what size we even wear.

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