large : Idioms & Phrases

• See under All, Home, Large, Last (phrase and syn.), Length, Once, etc.

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• adjective satellite having escaped, especially from confinement
  escaped; on the loose; loose.
  
  • a convict still at large
  • searching for two escaped prisoners
  • dogs loose on the streets
  • criminals on the loose in the neighborhood
• adverb in a general fashion
  in a broad way.
  
  • he talked at large about his plans

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• . (a) Without restraint or confinement; as, to go at large; to be left at large. (b) Diffusely; fully; in the full extent; as, to discourse on a subject at large.

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• verb hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
  hover; brood; loom.
  
  • The terrible vision brooded over her all day long

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• adverb usually; as a rule
  generally; more often than not; mostly.
  
  • by and large it doesn't rain much here

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• . See under Common, n.

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• a common annexed to a man's person, being granted to him and his heirs by deed; or it may be claimed by prescriptive right, as by a parson of a church or other corporation sole. Blackstone.

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• electors, or a representative, as in Congress, chosen to represent the whole of a State, in distinction from those chosen to represent particular districts in a State. U. S.

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• noun a garment size for a very large person
  

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Fool"-large` adjective

Etymology

OF. follarge. See Fool, and Large.

Definitions

1. Foolishly liberal. Obs. Chaucer.

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• adverb on a large scale without careful discrimination
  wholesale.
  
  • I buy food wholesale

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• noun a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
  Calorie; nutritionist's calorie; kilogram calorie; kilocalorie.
  

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• noun a corporation with a large capitalization
  
  • he works for a large cap

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• noun common civet of India and southeast Asia
  Viverra zibetha.
  

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• noun a European forage grass grown for hay; a naturalized weed in United States
  hairy finger grass; Digitaria sanguinalis.
  

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• noun trailing red-fruited plant
  American cranberry; Vaccinium macrocarpon.
  

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• noun an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
  large indefinite amount.
  

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• noun an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
  large indefinite amount.
  

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• noun an integer equal to or greater than ten
  

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• noun beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces
  

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• noun the larger of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere
  

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• noun a large indefinite number
  plurality; battalion; pack; multitude.
  
  • a battalion of ants
  • a multitude of TV antennas
  • a plurality of religions

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• noun a formidable task or requirement
  tall order.
  
  • finishing in time was a tall order but we did it

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• noun plant having variegated foliage and used for window boxes
  Vinca major.
  

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• noun a person of greater than average size
  

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• noun the largest breed of poodle
  

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• noun aspen with a narrow crown; eastern North America
  large tooth aspen; bigtoothed aspen; bigtooth aspen; big-toothed aspen; Canadian aspen; Populus grandidentata.
  

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• noun Old World form of cabbage butterfly
  Pieris brassicae.
  

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• noun annual herb having large nocturnally fragrant white flowers
  Petunia axillaris.
  

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• noun plant of eastern and central North America having slightly fragrant purple-marked greenish-yellow flowers
  Cypripedium calceolus pubescens.
  

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Large"-a`cred adjective

Definitions

1. Possessing much land.

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• adjective of stocks of companies with a market capitalization of five billion dollars or more
  large-cap; large-capitalisation.
  

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• adjective of stocks of companies with a market capitalization of five billion dollars or more
  large-cap; large-capitalisation.
  

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• adjective of stocks of companies with a market capitalization of five billion dollars or more
  large-cap; large-capitalisation.
  

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• noun aromatic herb with large pink flowers; southern and southeastern Europe; Anatolia; northern Iran
  Calamintha grandiflora; Clinopodium grandiflorum; Satureja grandiflora.
  

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• noun annual of the western United States having large coiled flower spikes; a threatened species
  Amsinckia grandiflora.
  

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• noun evergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowers
  southern magnolia; Magnolia grandiflora; bull bay; evergreen magnolia.
  

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• adjective satellite not having a fine texture
  coarse-grained.
  
  • coarse-grained wood
  • large-grained sand

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Large"-hand`ed adjective

Definitions

1. Having large hands, Fig.: Taking, or giving, in large quantities; rapacious or bountiful.

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• adjective satellite having a large head
  

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• adjective satellite showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
  sympathetic; kindly; benevolent; charitable; good-hearted; openhearted.
  
  • was charitable in his opinions of others
  • kindly criticism
  • a kindly act
  • sympathetic words
  • a large-hearted mentor

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Large"-heart`ed adjective

Definitions

1. Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal. -- Large"-heart`ed*ness, n.

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• adjective satellite having relatively large leaves
  large-leafed.
  

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• adjective satellite having relatively large leaves
  large-leafed.
  

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• noun tufted perennial wood aster of North America; naturalized in Europe
  Aster macrophyllus.
  

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• noun large deciduous shrub or tree of southeastern United States having huge leaves in dense false whorls and large creamy flowers tinged purple toward the base
  great-leaved macrophylla; large-leaved cucumber tree; Magnolia macrophylla.
  

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• noun large deciduous shrub or tree of southeastern United States having huge leaves in dense false whorls and large creamy flowers tinged purple toward the base
  great-leaved macrophylla; large-leaved cucumber tree; Magnolia macrophylla.
  

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• adjective satellite showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
  broad; liberal; tolerant.
  
  • a broad political stance
  • generous and broad sympathies
  • a liberal newspaper
  • tolerant of his opponent's opinions

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• adjective satellite having a relatively large mouth
  

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• adjective satellite unusually large in scope
  
  • a large-scale attack on AIDS is needed
• adjective satellite constructed or drawn to a big scale
  
  • large-scale maps

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• noun aspen with a narrow crown; eastern North America
  large tooth aspen; bigtoothed aspen; bigtooth aspen; big-toothed aspen; Canadian aspen; Populus grandidentata.
  

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• adjective satellite very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)
  epic; heroic.
  
  • an epic voyage
  • of heroic proportions
  • heroic sculpture

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• noun (statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population statistics
  Bernoulli's law.
  

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• adjective satellite of anything that is large but not the largest
  

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• (Naut.), to have the wind crossing the direction of a vessel's course in such a way that the sails feel its full force, and the vessel gains its highest speed. See Large, a., 8.

Webster 1913

• . (Naut) See under Large.

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• adjective satellite excessively large
  overlarge.
  

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• adjective satellite made more obvious or prominent
  
  • the effect of...his irregular life could be seen writ large on his gaunt features

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