large

adj

1. Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.

   “Russia is a large country. The fruit-fly has large eyes for its body size. He has a large collection of stamps.”

   “We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.”

   “Hal Smith, manager of the Ferry Field theatre, Detroit, one of the largest and prettiest outskirt houses in town, played Metro's "Revelation" for three days last week”

   “Test large, cylindrical, early portion closely coiled and always completely involute, later and larger portion uncoiled[…]”

   “The largest age group for volunteers was 35-44, the CNCS survey said, and volunteers were most likely to be parents with children under 18.”

2. (especially)That is large (the manufactured size).
3. (obsolete)Abundant; ample.

   “We have yet large day.”

   “He prefers teachers with large experience, but often has positions for beginners who have had a thorough preparation.”

4. (archaic)Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.

   “And where hit please yow to saye that I haue holden my lady youre Quene yeres and wynters / vnto that I shal euer make a large ansuer "And where it please you to say that I have holden my lady your queen years and winters, unto that I shall ever make a large answer"”

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

5. (obsolete)Free; unencumbered.

   “Of burdens all he set the Paynims large.”

6. (obsolete)Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.

   “Some large jests he will make.”

7. 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.

noun

1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Liberality, generosity.
3. (countable, plural, slang, uncountable)A thousand dollars/pounds.

   “Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large.”

   “"We'll call you anything we want," Dave said. "You owe us eighty-five large, Ace, and what we've got for collateral on that money so far is a shitload of Arm & Hammer baking soda worth about a buck-fifty. We'll call you Hubert J. Motherfucker if we want to."”

   “So send my sister a hundred large, and next time you come down to Jessup it won't be my grill talking at you. My word on that.”

4. (especially, uncountable)One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, larger than a medium.
5. (countable, especially)An item labelled or denoted as being that size.

   “One small coffee and two larges, please.”

6. (countable, especially)One who fits an item of that size.

adv

1. Before the wind.

name

1. A surname.