Of great strength or power.
Having great size; large in bulk or magnitude, absolutely or relatively.
Great with young; pregnant; ready to give birth; hence, figuratively, full of something important; ready to produce; teeming.
. Distended; full, as of grief, passion, courage, determination, goodness, etc.
. Tumid; inflated, as with pride; hence, haughty in air or mien, or indicating haughtiness; pompous; proud; boastful: as, big looks; big words.
. Great as regards influence, standing, wealth, etc.
Synonyms Large, etc. (see great), bulky, huge, massive.
5. Lofty, pompous, arrogant, important.
. To inhabit; occupy.
2. Reflexively, to locate one's self.
3. To build; erect; fashion.
To dwell; have a dwelling.
noun.
A kind of winter barley cultivated in northern Europe, especially in Scotland; properly, four-rowed barley, Hordeum vulgare, inferior to but hardier than H. hexastichon, of which it is sometimes called a variety. See bear.