large

Less common meanings

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   a thousandnounslangcountable or uncountable

   An amount of one thousand dollars or pounds.

   He won ten large at the casino last night.

   The used car cost me twenty large.

   UsageSay ten large for ten thousand.

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   adjectivearchaic

   Of speech or writing, using many words and full of detail.

   I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education.

   1711, Henry Felton, Dissertation on Reading the ClassicsHere, large means using many words, saying a lot in detail.

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   adjectiveobsolete

   Free, and not held back by anything.

   Of burdens all he set the Paynims large.

   1600, [Torquato Tasso], Godfrey of BulloigneHere, large means free, no longer held down by anything.

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   adjectiveobsolete

   Of speech, rude or too free, without good manners.

   Some large jests he will make.

   1598, William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”Here, large means rude or too free, without good manners.

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   nounobsoletecountable or uncountable

   The quality of being generous and giving freely.

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   music notenounobsoletecountable or uncountable

   A very old music note held longer than the other notes.

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    adjective

    Of wind, blowing from the side in a way that helps a boat move forward.
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    adverb

    With the wind blowing from behind or partly from behind, so it helps the boat along.