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Rhymes: -ɔːl

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From Middle English smal, from Old English smæl (small, narrow, slender), from Proto-Germanic *smalaz (small), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mal-, *(s)mel- (small, mean, malicious). Cognate with West Frisian smel (narrow), Dutch smal (narrow), German schmal (narrow, small), Danish små (small), Latin malus (bad), Russian малый (mályj, small).

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small (comparative smaller, superlative smallest)

  1. Not large or big; insignificant; few in numbers or size.
    A small serving of ice cream.
    A small group.
    He made us all feel small.
  2. (figuratively) Young, as a child.
    Remember when the children were small?
  3. (writing, incomparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters.

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small (comparative smaller, superlative smallest)

  1. In a small fashion.

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[edit] Noun

small (plural smalls)

  1. Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.
  2. (UK, in the plural) Underclothes.

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small

  1. past tense of smälla.
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