Big vs Sideways - What's the difference?
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Of great size, large.
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*:The big houses, and there are a good many of them, lie for the most part in what may be called by courtesy the valleys. You catch a glimpse of them sometimes at a little distance from the [railway] line,, with their court of farm and church and clustered village, in dignified seclusion.
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Popular.
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(lb) Adult.
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*:By midnight, however, the last light had fled / For even big people have then gone to bed[.]
(lb) Fat.
(lb) Important or significant.
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*:"I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. I never did that. I always made up my mind I'd be a big man some day, and—I'm glad I didn't steal."
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(lb) Mature, conscientious, principled.
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(lb) Well-endowed, possessing large breasts in the case of a woman or a large penis in the case of a man.
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Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
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*(and other bibliographic details) (Joseph Addison) (1672–1719)
*:[Day] big with the fate of Cato and of Rome.
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In a loud manner.
In a boasting manner.
In a large amount or to a large extent.
On a large scale, expansively
Hard.
An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
(as plural) The big leagues, big time.
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To praise or recommend
to inhabit; occupy
to locate one's self
to build; erect; fashion
to dwell; have a dwelling
One or more kinds of barley, especially (six-rowed barley).
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Moving or directed toward one side.
(informal) Positioned]] [[#Adverb, sideways (with a side to the front).
(informal) Neither moving upward nor moving downward.
(chiefly, US, colloquial) Not as planned; towards a worse outcome.
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In conflict (with); not compatible (with).
With a side to the front.
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Towards one side.
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*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways , as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
Askance; sidelong.
(lb) Neither upward nor downward.
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As nouns the difference between big and sideways
is that big is a biological insulation garment; an air-tight, full-body suit intended to prevent the spread of contaminants while sideways is .As an adjective sideways is
moving or directed toward one side.As an adverb sideways is
with a side to the front.big
English
Etymology 1
From a northern (etyl) dialectal term (m), .Adjective
(bigger)The rise of smart beta, passage=Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.}}
Norwich 3-3 Blackburn, passage=It proved a big miss as Hoilett produced a sublime finish into the top corner of the net from 20 yards after evading a couple of challenges in first-half stoppage time.}}
Synonyms
* (of a great size) ample, huge, large, sizeable, stoor, jumbo, massive * (adult) adult, fully grown, grown up * See alsoAntonyms
* (of a great size) little, small, tiny, minuscule, miniature, minute * (adult) little, youngDerived terms
* Big Apple * big-ass * big baby * big band * Big Bang * big bath * big beat * Big Ben * Big Bertha * big blind * big bluestem * Big Board * big-boned * big box * big boy/big boys * big break * big brother * Big Brother * big bucks * big business * big C * big cat * big cheese * Big Crunch * Big D * big daddy * big deal * Big Dipper * Big Easy * big enchilada * big end * big fat/big-fat/big phat * big figure * big fish * big fly * Big Four * big game * biggie, no biggie * big girl's blouse * big government * big gun * big H/Big H * big hair * big hand * big head/big-head * big-headed * big-hearted * big house * big idea * big if * big iron * Big Island * big kid * big labor * big-league * big lick * big lie * big lug * big kahuna * Big Mac * big money * big mouth * Big Muddy * big name / big-name * bigness * big O * big O notation * big old/big ole * big one/the big one * big pharma * big picture * Big Q * big rig * Big Rip * big science * big screen * big shagbank * big shot * big shoulder * big six/the big six * Big Six * big sleep * big slick * Big Smoke * big spender * big spring * big stick * Big Sur * big talk * big tent * Big Three * big-ticket * big time/big-time/bigtime * big toe * big top/big-top * big tree * Big Uglies * big up * big wheel * big whoop * big wig/big-wig/bigwig * big-wigged * big wow * great big * hit it big * make it big * /Mr Big/Mister Big * the bigs * too big for one's boots * too big to failAdverb
(bigger)- He's always talking big , but he never delivers.
- He won big betting on the croquet championship.
- You've got to think big to succeed at Amalgamated Plumbing.
- He hit him big and the guy just crumpled.
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (big leagues) major leaguesVerb
(up)Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), . Cognate with (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).Verb
Etymology 3
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l) * (l), (l) (obsolete)Noun
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*sideways
English
Noun
(head)- And he was just taking byways and sideways , travelling in the peripheries of civilization, yeah?
- In time our way merged into a throng of cars flowing here and there on the highways and sideways of the north side of Los Angeles.
- Expansion of economic activities resulted in the construction of a so—called fishbone pattern of roads and sideways .
Adjective
(en adjective)- Giving Mary a sideways glance, he said,.
- He gave the ball a sideways kick.
- There was a stack of papers in front of each seat at the table, but each stack was sideways .
- Once we get out of this sideways economy, our figures will more accurately reflect what we're truly capable of.
- We realized the project could go sideways very quickly if we didn't get the sales and marketing people on our side.
citation, isbn=160542191X , passage=As we walked deeper into the darkness, we both knew this could go sideways in a heartbeat. We were sitting ducks. Birds on a wire. Canaries in a coalmine. }}
- He was constantly getting sideways with his boss till he got fired.