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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Big \Big\ (b[i^]g), a. [Compar. {Bigger}; superl. {Biggest}.] [Perh. from Celtic; cf. W. beichiog, beichiawg, pregnant, with child, fr. baich burden, Arm. beac'h; or cf. OE. bygly, Icel. biggiligr, (properly) habitable; (then) magnigicent, excellent, fr. OE. biggen, Icel. byggja, to dwell, build, akin to E. be.] 1. Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large. "He's too big to go in there." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively. [1913 Webster] [Day] big with the fate of Cato and of Rome. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 3. Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big. As applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride. [1913 Webster] God hath not in heaven a bigger argument. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Note: Big is often used in self-explaining compounds; as, big-boned; big-sounding; big-named; big-voiced. [1913 Webster] {To talk big}, to talk loudly, arrogantly, or pretentiously. [1913 Webster] I talked big to them at first. --De Foe. [1913 Webster] Syn: Bulky; large; great; massive; gross. [1913 Webster] Big From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Big \Big\, Bigg \Bigg\, v. t. [OE. biggen, fr. Icel. byggja to inhabit, to build, b?a (neut.) to dwell (active) to make ready. See {Boor}, and {Bound}.] To build. [Scot. & North of Eng. Dial.] --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Big \Big\, Bigg \Bigg\, n. [OE. bif, bigge; akin to Icel. bygg, Dan. byg, Sw. bjugg.] (Bot.) Barley, especially the hardy four-rowed kind. [1913 Webster] "Bear interchanges in local use, now with barley, now with bigg." --New English Dict. [1913 Webster] Big From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: big adv 1: extremely well; "his performance went over big" 2: in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening" [syn: {boastfully}, {vauntingly}, {big}, {large}] 3: on a grand scale; "think big" [ant: {small}] 4: in a major way; "the play failed big at the box office" 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: {large}, {big}] [ant: {little}, {small}] 2: significant; "graduation was a big day in his life" 3: very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm" [syn: {bad}, {big}] 4: loud and firm; "a big voice"; "big bold piano sounds" 5: 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}, {large}, {prominent}] 6: prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor" [syn: {big(a)}, {heavy(a)}] 7: exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: {boastful}, {braggart(a)}, {bragging(a)}, {braggy}, {big}, {cock-a-hoop}, {crowing}, {self-aggrandizing}, {self-aggrandising}] 8: feeling self-importance; "too big for his britches"; "had a swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride" [syn: {big}, {swelled}, {vainglorious}] 9: (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown woman" [syn: {adult}, {big}, {full-grown}, {fully grown}, {grown}, {grownup}] 10: marked by intense physical force; "a big wind" 11: 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}, {large}, {magnanimous}] 12: given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather" [syn: {big}, {bighearted}, {bounteous}, {bountiful}, {freehanded}, {handsome}, {giving}, {liberal}, {openhanded}] 13: 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)}] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: BIG Bionet Intelligent Gateway (BioData) From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: big /bix/ 1. youngofawildboar 2. piglet