Definition of small:

• Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; -- sometimes, in reproach, paltry; mean.
• To make little or less.
• Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much; inconsiderable; as, a small man; a small river.
• Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a small fault; a small business.
• Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short; as, after a small space.
• Envincing little worth or ability; not large- minded; - sometimes, in reproach, paltry; mean.
• Smallest.
• a garment size for a small person
• the slender part of the back
• The small or slender part of a thing; as, the small of the leg or of the back.
• Smallclothes.
• Same as Little go. See under Little, a.
• Smallness.
• The slender part of a thing.
• The small or narrow part of anything.
• Smaller.
• on a small scale; " think small"
• In or to small extent, quantity, or degree; little; slightly.
• Not loudly; faintly; timidly.
• made to seem smaller or less ( especially in worth); " her comments made me feel small"
• limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; " a little dining room"; " a little house"; " a small car"; " a little ( or small) group"; " a small voice"
• lowercase; " little a"; " small a"; " e. e. cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"
• limited in size or scope; " a small business"; " a newspaper with a modest circulation"; " small- scale plans"; " a pocket- size country"
• not large but sufficient in size or amount; " a modest salary"; " modest inflation"; " helped in my own small way"
• ( archaic) slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope; " a series of death struggles with small time in between"
• slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope; " a series of death struggles with small time in between"
• have fine or very small constituent particles; " a small misty rain"
• Comparatively little in size, quantity, or degree: opposite to large; unimportant or insignificant; as, his opinion is of small value; not powerful; not long in duration; as, a small period of time; petty; not large- minded; narrow.
• Little in quantity or degree: minute: not great: unimportant: of little worth or ability: short: having little strength: gentle.
• Little; slender; unimportant.
• Diminutive; little; unimportant; mean.
• Little in size, quantity, amount, degree, quality, & c.; minute; slender; of little moment; of little genius; weak; gentle; mean.
• Not great; slender; of little moment, weight, or importance; little; soft; not loud; trifling.

Usage examples for small

1. " Well, a small piece, yes," answered his mother.  Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's by Laura Lee Hope

2. When there is a great struggle ahead, it is as well to let her have her own way in small things.  Jeanne of the Marshes by E. Phillips Oppenheim

3. Give a small drink of water and turn out the light.  The Mother and Her Child by William S. Sadler Lena K. Sadler

4. My business is of a small sort.  Plays A Protégée of the Mistress; Poverty Is No Crime; Sin and Sorrow Are Common to All; It's a Family Affair--We'll Settle It Ourselves by Alexander Ostrovsky