“sizes” is a form of
size
/saɪz/ noun, verb
- noun The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is. “The size of the building seemed to have increased since I was last there.”
- noun A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing. “I don't think we have the red one in your size.”
- noun (graph theory) The number of edges in a graph.
- noun (figurative, dated) Degree of rank, ability, character, etc.
- noun An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls
- noun (obsolete outside dialects) An assize.
- noun (obsolete) A regulation, piece of ordinance.
- noun (obsolete) A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc.
- verb (transitive) To adjust the size of; to make a certain size.
- verb (military) To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature.
- verb (mining) To sift (pieces of ore or metal) in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts.
- verb (biochemistry) To separate different proteins by molecular weight.
- verb (transitive, colloquial) To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of.
- verb (intransitive) To take a greater size; to increase in size.
- verb (UK, Cambridge University, obsolete) To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.
- verb (transitive, obsolete) To swell; to increase the bulk of.
- noun A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon.
- noun Wallpaper paste.
- noun The thickened crust on coagulated blood.
- noun Any viscous substance, such as gilder's varnish.
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Etymology
Attested since the 14th century, originally meant a “law or regulation that determines the amount to be paid”, from Middle English syse, sise (“regulation, control, limit”), from Old French cise, sise, aphetism of assise (“assize”), from the verb asseoir (“to sit down”), from Latin assidēre, composed of ad- (“to, towards, at”) + sedeō (“sit; settle down”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed-. Displaced native Old English miċelnes (literally “bigness”).
From Middle English syse, of unclear origin; related to Old Italian sisa (“a glue used by painters”), perhaps ultimately related to size / syse (“amount”), or perhaps shortened from assisa, from assiso (“to make to sit, to seat, to place”)
Webster’s 1913
- noun Six.
- noun A thin, weak glue used in various trades, as in painting, bookbinding, paper making, etc.
- noun Any viscous substance, as gilder's varnish.
- verb To cover with size; to prepare with size.
Etymology [See Sice, and Sise.]
Etymology [OIt. sisa glue used by painters, shortened fr. assisa, fr. assidere, p. p. assiso, to make to sit, to seat, to place, L. assidere to sit down; ad + sidere to sit down, akin to sedere to sit. See Sit, v. i., and cf. Assize, Size bulk.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “size”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details