Word Definition

Small

  1. Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a small fault; a small business.
  2. The small or slender part of a thing; as, the small of the leg or of the back.
  3. To make little or less.
  4. Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much; inconsiderable; as, a small man; a small river.
  5. Weak; slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud.
  6. In or to small extent, quantity, or degree; little; slightly.
  7. Not loudly; faintly; timidly.
  8. Same as Little go. See under Little, a.
  9. Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; -- sometimes, in reproach, paltry; mean.
  10. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short; as, after a small space.
  11. Smallclothes.