different between big vs grot
big
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: b?g, IPA(key): /b??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From a northern Middle English dialectal term big, bigge (“powerful, strong”) possibly from a dialect of Old Norse. Ultimately perhaps a derivative of Proto-Germanic *bugja- (“swollen up, thick”), in which case big would be related to bogey, bugbear, and bug.
Compare dialectal Norwegian bugge (“great man”), Low German Bögge, Boggelmann.
Adjective
big (comparative bigger, superlative biggest)
- Of great size, large.
- Synonyms: ample, huge, large, sizeable, stoor, jumbo, massive; see also Thesaurus:big
- Antonyms: little, small, tiny, minuscule, miniature, minute
- 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.
- (of an industry or other field, often capitalized) Thought to have undue influence.
- Popular.
- Synonyms: all the rage, in demand, well liked
- (informal) Adult.
- Synonyms: adult, fully grown, grown up; see also Thesaurus:full-grown
- Antonyms: little, young
- 1931, Robert L. May, Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Montgomery Ward (publisher), draft:
- By midnight, however, the last light had fled / For even big people have then gone to bed[.]
- (informal) Fat.
- Synonyms: chubby, plus-size, rotund; see also Thesaurus:overweight
- (informal) Important or significant.
- Synonyms: essential, paramount, weighty; see also Thesaurus:important
- "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."
- (informal, with on) Enthusiastic (about).
- Synonyms: fanatical, mad, worked up; see also Thesaurus:enthusiastic
- 2019, Louise Taylor, Alex Morgan heads USA past England into Women’s World Cup final (in The Guardian, 2 July 2019)[3]
- Neville is big on standing by his principles and he deserves plaudits for acknowledging he got his starting system wrong, reverting to 4-2-3-1 and introducing Kirby in the No 10 role.
- (informal, transitive with of) Mature, conscientious, principled; generous.
- (informal) Well-endowed, possessing large breasts in the case of a woman or a large penis in the case of a man.
- Synonyms: busty, macromastic, stacked; see also Thesaurus:busty
- (sometimes figuratively) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
- Synonyms: full, great, heavy; see also Thesaurus:pregnant
- [Day] big with the fate of Cato and of Rome.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns
- (of a city) populous
- (informal, slang, rare, of somebody's age) old, mature. Used to imply that somebody is too old for something, or acting immaturely.
- 2020, Candice Carty-Williams, Notting Hill Carnival
- I don't think so, if you're shouting at people across the playground at your big age.
- 2020, Candice Carty-Williams, Notting Hill Carnival
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
big (comparative bigger, superlative biggest)
- In a loud manner.
- In a boasting manner.
- He's always talking big, but he never delivers.
- In a large amount or to a large extent.
- He won big betting on the croquet championship.
- On a large scale, expansively.
- You've got to think big to succeed at Amalgamated Plumbing.
- Hard.
- He hit him big and the guy just crumpled.
Noun
big (plural bigs)
- Someone or something that is large in stature
- An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
- (as plural) The big leagues, big time.
- (BDSM, slang) The participant in ageplay who acts out the older role.
Synonyms
- (big leagues): major leagues
Antonyms
- (BDSM): little
Verb
big (third-person singular simple present bigs, present participle bigging, simple past and past participle bigged) (up)
- (transitive) To praise, recommend, or promote.
Etymology 2
From Middle English biggen, byggen, from Old Norse byggja, byggva (“to build, dwell in, inhabit”), a secondary form of Old Norse búa (“to dwell”), related to Old English b?an (“to dwell”). Cognate with Danish bygge, Swedish bygga.
Verb
big (third-person singular simple present bigs, present participle bigging, simple past and past participle bigged)
- (transitive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to inhabit; occupy
- (reflexive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to locate oneself
- (transitive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to build; erect; fashion
- (intransitive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to dwell; have a dwelling
Etymology 3
From Middle English byge, from Old Norse bygg (“barley, probably Hordeum vulgare, common barley”), from Proto-Germanic *bewwuz (“crop, barley”). Cognate with Old English b?ow (“barley”).
Alternative forms
- bigg
- bygg, bygge (obsolete)
Noun
big (uncountable)
- One or more kinds of barley, especially six-rowed barley.
Anagrams
- GBI, GiB, Gib., gib
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bagge, vigge. Originally a word exclusive to the Northern Dutch dialects.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?x/
- Hyphenation: big
- Rhymes: -?x
Noun
big m or f (plural biggen, diminutive biggetje n)
- piglet, little pig
- Synonym: keu
Derived terms
- biggenkruid
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b???/
Adjective
big
- inflection of beag:
- vocative/genitive masculine singular
- (archaic) dative feminine singular
Mutation
Italian
Noun
big m (invariable)
- star (entertainment)
- big shot, big noise
Scots
Etymology
From Old Norse byggja (“inhabit, build”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??/
Verb
big (third-person singular present bigs, present participle biggin, past biggit, past participle biggit)
- to build
Torres Strait Creole
Etymology
From English big, cognate with (the first part of) Bislama bikfala, bigfala, Pijin bigfala, Tok Pisin bikpela.
Adjective
big
- big
Derived terms
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi??/
Noun
big
- Soft mutation of pig.
Mutation
Western Apache
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *-w??t?.
Cognates: Navajo -bid, Plains Apache -bid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [p??k]
Noun
big (inalienable)
- belly, stomach, abdomen
Usage notes
- The form -big occurs in the White Mountain varieties; -bid occurs in San Carlos and Dilzhe’eh (Tonto).
big From the web:
- what big teeth
- what big dogs don't shed
- what big eyes you have
- what big lottery is tonight
- what big mouth character are you
- what big cats purr
- what big nate book is daisy in
grot
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???t/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
From grotto, by shortening, or French grotte.
Noun
grot (plural grots)
- (poetic) A grotto.
- 1819, John Keats, La Belle Dame sans Merci:
- She took me to her elfin grot, / And there she wept, and sigh'd full sore, / And there I shut her wild wild eyes / With kisses four.
- 1819, John Keats, La Belle Dame sans Merci:
Etymology 2
Back-formation from grotty.
Noun
grot (countable and uncountable, plural grots) (Britain)
- (slang, uncountable) Any unpleasant substance or material.
- (slang, countable) A miserable person.
Anagrams
- trog
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch grot, either directly from Italian grotta or indirectly via French grotte, from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kruptós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?t/
Noun
grot (plural grotte, diminutive grotjie)
- cave, cavern
- Synonym: spelonk
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed directly from Italian grotta or indirectly via French grotte, from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kruptós). Doublet of crypte, krocht, and gruft.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?t/
- Hyphenation: grot
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
grot f (plural grotten, diminutive grotje n)
- cave, cavern
Synonyms
- spelonk
Derived terms
- grotbewoner
- grotschildering
- grotspelonk
- grottenbeer
- grottenhyena
- grottenleeuw
- ijsgrot
- lavagrot
Related terms
- crypte
- krocht
Descendants
- Afrikaans: grot
Anagrams
- trog
Luxembourgish
Adjective
grot
- neuter nominative of gro
- neuter accusative of gro
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English grot, from Proto-Germanic *grut?.
Alternative forms
- grotte
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r??t/, /?r?t/
Noun
grot (plural grotes)
- groat
Descendants
- English: groat
- Yola: gurt, grut
References
- “gr??t, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “gr?tes, n.(2) plural.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch groot.
Alternative forms
- groot, grote, groote
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r??t/
Noun
grot (plural grotes or grottes)
- A groat or other silver coin of similar value, traditionally worth four pennies, or the weight corresponding to that coin.
Descendants
- English: groat
- Yola: grate
References
- “gr?t, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-02-22.
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *grautaz.
Adjective
gr?t
- big, large
- great
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: grôot
- Dutch: groot
- Afrikaans: groot
- Limburgish: groeat
- Zealandic: groôt
- Dutch: groot
Further reading
- “gr?t”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?rot/
Noun
grot n
- particle
- fragment
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: grot, grotte
- English: groat
- Yola: gurt, grut
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *grautaz, whence Old English great.
Adjective
gr?t (comparative gr?toro, superlative gr?tost)
- great
Declension
Descendants
- Middle Low German: grôt
- Low German: groot
- German Low German: groot; graut (Münsterländisch)
- Plautdietsch: groot
- German Low German: groot; graut (Münsterländisch)
- ? Westrobothnian: grótt
- Low German: groot
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?t/
Noun
grot m inan
- arrowhead
Declension
Noun
grot m inan
- mainsail
Declension
Noun
grot f
- genitive plural of grota
Further reading
- grot in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- grot in Polish dictionaries at PWN
grot From the web:
- what grotesque means
- what grit
- what grotto means
- what grit sandpaper
- what grit sandpaper for drywall
- what grit sandpaper for wood
- what grit sandpaper for spackle
- what grit sandpaper to remove paint from wood