2 entries under this word

Big

Big, a.

adjective

[Contracted from W. beichiog, beichiawg, burdened, loaded, pregnant, with child, from baich, burden, Arm. beach.]

  1. (Lit.) Having largeness of size, bulk, or magnitude; large; great; bulky. “He's too big to go in there.” Shak.
  2. Great with young; pregnant; ready to give birth; hence, figuratively, pregnant as with something portentous; ready to produce. “Day big with the fate of Cato and of Rome.” Addison.
  3. Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, &c., whether in a good or bad sense; as, a big heart; a big voice; big looks; big words; to look big. In these latter uses it indicates haughtiness or pride.

God hath not in heaven a bigger argument. Bp. Taylor. Syn.—Bulky, large; great; proud; arrogant.

Big, n.

noun

n. [Icel. bygg, Dan. bygg, Sw. bjugg, barley.] A kind of barley. See BIGG.