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Large

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


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