Have fine or very small constituent particles; "a small misty rain" lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters" made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her comments made me feel small" slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope; "a series of death struggles with small time in between" (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice" not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way" (of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children" low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings" limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country" limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group" on a small scale; "think small" a garment size for a small person the slender part of the back
A room where a prisoner is kept small room is which a monk or nun lives a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals any small compartment; "the cells of a honeycomb"
Type genus of the family Cancridae the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22 a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream
A rare form of carcinoma of the mesothelium lining lungs or abdomen or heart; usually associated with exposure to asbestos dust