Dictionary definition for: Small

1. (n) the slender part of the back

2. (a) limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room" "a little house" "a small car" "a little (or small) group" "a small voice"

3. (r) on a small scale; "think small"

4. (n) a garment size for a small person

5. (s) limited in size or scope; "a small business" "a newspaper with a modest circulation" "small-scale plans" "a pocket-size country"

6. (s) low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage" "a lowly parish priest" "a modest man of the people" "small beginnings"

7. (s) not fully grown; "what a big little boy you are" "small children"

8. (a) too small to be seen except under a microscope

9. (s) not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary" "modest inflation" "helped in my own small way"

10. (s) (of a voice) faint; "a little voice" "a still small voice"

11. (s) made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth) "her comments made me feel small"

12. (s) lowercase; "little a" "small a" "e.e.cummings''s poetry is written all in minuscule letters"

13. (s) have fine or very small constituent particles; "a small misty rain"