1. [adjective] Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
2. [adjective] (obsolete) Abundant; ample.
3. [adjective] (archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
4. [adjective] (obsolete) Free; unencumbered.
5. [adjective] (obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
6. [adjective] (nautical) 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.
7. [noun] (music) (obsolete) An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
8. [noun] (obsolete) Liberality, generosity.
9. [noun] (slang) (plural: large) A thousand dollars.
10. [noun] A large serving of something.
11. [noun] A garment size for a large person.
12. [adverb] At a distance, wide of something (as of a mark).
13. [adverb] With the wind abaft the beam; 'a ship sailing large'.
14. [adverb] In a boastful manner; 'he talked big all evening'.
15. [adjective] 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'.
16. [adjective] Fairly large or important in effect; influential; 'played a large role in the negotiations'.
17. [adjective] Ostentatiously lofty in style; 'a man given to large talk'; 'tumid political prose'.
18. [adjective] 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'.
19. [adjective] 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'.
20. [adjective] Having broad power and range and scope; 'taking the large view'; 'a large effect'; 'a large sympathy'.
21. [adjective] In an advanced stage of pregnancy; 'was big with child'; 'was great with child'.
