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(obsolete, transitive) To make little or less. / (intransitive) To become small; to dwindle.

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small

Source Word

small

IPA(Pronunciation)

/smɔːl/

Verb

obsolete transitive intransitive

(obsolete, transitive) To make little or less. / (intransitive) To become small; to dwindle.

Japanese Meaning

～を小さくする（縮小する、狭くする） / 小さくなる（縮む、衰える）

They small the harvest each year to conserve seed for the next planting.

彼らは翌年の種を確保するために毎年収穫量を減らす。

Sense（1）

(obsolete, transitive) To make little or less.

Sense（2）

(intransitive) To become small; to dwindle.

And smalled till she was nought at all.

smalls

（ present singular third-person ）

smalling

（ participle present ）

smalled

（ participle past ）

smalled

（ past ）