1. [n]  a garment size for a large person
2. [adv]  in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening"
3. [adv]  with the wind abaft the beam; "a ship sailing large"
4. [adv]  at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)
5. [adj]  having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy"
6. [adj]  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"
7. [adj]  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"
8. [adj]  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"
9. [adj]  large enough to be visible to the naked eye
10. [adj]  ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"
11. [adj]  fairly large or important in effect; influential; "played a large role in the negotiations"

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1. \Large\, a. [Compar. {Larger}; superl. {Largest}.] [F.,
   fr. L. largus. Cf. {Largo}.]
   1. Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk,
      capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of
      constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; --
      opposed to {small}; as, a large horse; a large house or
      room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large
      vineyard; a large army; a large city.
   Note: For linear dimensions, and mere extent, great, and not
         large, is used as a qualifying word; as, great length,
         breadth, depth; a great distance; a great height.
   2. Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.
            We hare yet large day.                --Milton.
   3. Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.
            I might be very large upon the importance and
            advantages of education.              -- Felton.
   4. Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad
      sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; -- said
      of the mind and heart.
   5. Free; unembarrassed. [Obs.]
            Of burdens all he set the Paynims large. --Fairfax.
   6. Unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language. [Obs.]
      ``Some large jests he will make.'' --Shak.
   7. Prodigal in expending; lavish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
   8. (Naut.) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a
      favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam,
      or between the beam and the quarter.
   {At large}.
      (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.
   {Common at large}. See under {Common}, n.
   {Electors at large}, {Representative at large}, 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.]
   {To give, go, run, or sail large} (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.
   Syn: Big; bulky; huge; capacious; comprehensive; ample;
        abundant; plentiful; populous; copious; diffusive;
        liberal.
   

2. \Large\, adv.
   Freely; licentiously. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
   

3. \Large\, n. (Mus.)
   A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four
   breves, or eight semibreves.