• noun:   the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing)

  Example: "He wears a size 13 shoe"

• noun:   the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)

  Example: "A wolf is about the size of a large dog"

• noun:   a large magnitude

  Example: "He blanched when he saw the size of the bill"

• noun:   the actual state of affairs

  Example: "That's the size of the situation"

• noun:   any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics

  Example: "Size gives body to a fabric"

• verb:   make to a size; bring to a suitable size
• verb:   sort according to size
• verb:   cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance)
• adjective:   (used in combination) sized

  Example: "The economy-size package"

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