small
/smɔl/ verb C2- To become small; to dwindle.
He/she/it smalls · Past smalled · Past participle smalled · -ing form smalling
Verb forms
- Base form
- small
- He/she/it
- smalls
- Past
- smalled
- Past participle
- smalled
- -ing form
- smalling
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Their house was small, for the lumber to build it had to be carried by wagon many miles.
There was no garret at all, and no cellar—except a small hole dug in the ground, called a cyclone cellar, where the family could go in case one of those great whirlwinds arose, mighty enough to crush any building in its path.
It was reached by a trap door in the middle of the floor, from which a ladder led down into the small, dark hole.
“Now I recollect,” said the afflicted old father; “my poor boy told me yesterday he had got a small case of coffee, and another of tobacco for me!”
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