large (
http://definr.com/large)
adj 1: above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or
extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a
large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family";
"big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number
of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large
areas of the world" [syn:
big] [ant:
small,
small]
2: fairly large or important in effect; influential; "played a
large role in the negotiations"
3: large enough to be visible to the naked eye [syn:
macroscopic,
macroscopical] [ant:
microscopic]
4: ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk";
"tumid political prose" [syn:
bombastic,
declamatory,
orotund,
tumid,
turgid]
5: generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough
to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so
forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large
heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies" [syn:
big,
magnanimous]
6: conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the
movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in
financial circles"; "a prominent citizen" [syn:
big,
prominent]
7: having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large
view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy"
8: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child";
"was great with child" [syn:
big(p),
enceinte,
expectant,
gravid,
great(p),
large(p),
heavy(p), {with
child(p)}]
n : a garment size for a large person
adv 1: at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)
2: with the wind abaft the beam; "a ship sailing large"
3: in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening" [syn:
boastfully,
vauntingly,
big]