n. the act of giving a talk to an audience; "I attended an interesting talk on local history"

n. an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work and less talk around here"

n. discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of'); "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger"

n. the slender part of the back

n. idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you lately"

n. a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"

v. deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"

v. reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"

v. exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"

v. use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"

v. express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

v. divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"

adv. on a small scale; "think small"

adj. slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope; "a series of death struggles with small time in between"

adj. have fine or very small constituent particles; "a small misty rain"

adj. 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"

adj. not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"

adj. (of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"

adj. (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"

adj. contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"

adj. made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her comments made me feel small"

adj. limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"

adj. lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"

adj. too small to be seen except under a microscope

adj. of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"

adj. low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"

adj. (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

n. (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"

n. an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it"

n. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

n. idle or foolish and irrelevant talk

n. a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"

n. a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion

v. speak to; "He addressed the crowd outside the window"

v. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

v. use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"

v. exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"

v. censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"

v. warn strongly; put on guard

v. carry on a conversation

v. talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"

v. deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"

v. deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"

v. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

v. say out loud for the purpose of recording; "He dictated a report to his secretary"

v. sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel

v. pronounce as a vowel; "between two consonants, this liquid is vowelized"

v. utter with vibrating vocal chords

v. speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion; "We discussed our household budget"

v. make a low noise; "rumbling thunder"

v. give expression or utterance to; "She vented her anger"; "The graduates gave vent to cheers"

v. wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies; "She won't dish the dirt"

v. give information

v. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

v. make known to the authorities; "One student reported the other to the principal"

v. make noise as if chattering away; "The magpies were chattering in the trees"

v. impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights"

v. tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"

adj. lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"

adj. (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"

adj. (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

adj. of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"

adj. (of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"

adj. having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"

adj. too small or unimportant to merit attention; "passed his life in an inconsiderable village"; "their duties were inconsiderable"; "had no inconsiderable influence"

adj. vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth"

adj. the least possible; "needed to enforce minimal standards"; "her grades were minimal"; "minimum wage"; "a minimal charge for the service"

adj. of lesser importance or stature or rank; "a minor poet"; "had a minor part in the play"; "a minor official"; "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"; "minor back roads"

adj. characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report"

adj. close in relevance or relationship; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance"

adj. constricted in size; "cramped quarters"; "trying to bring children up in cramped high-rise apartments"

adj. so small as to be meaningless; insignificant; "the effect was negligible"

adj. not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter"

adj. contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"

adj. containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"

adj. deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

adj. lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"

adj. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

adj. of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds"

adj. inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting"

adj. contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"

adj. lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"

adj. (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"

adj. (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

adj. of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"

adj. 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"

adj. very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

adj. contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"

adj. lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"

adj. (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

adj. of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"

adj. (of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"

adj. 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"

adj. very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

adj. lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"

adj. (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"

adj. (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

adj. of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"

adj. (of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"

adj. very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

adj. 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"

adj. belonging to a lower class or rank

adj. of the younger of two boys with the same family name; "Jones minor"

adj. functioning in a subsidiary or supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches"

adj. contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"

adj. (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"

adj. (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

adj. of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"

adj. (of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"

adj. 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"

adj. very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

adj. contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"

adj. lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"

adj. (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"

adj. (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

adj. (of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"

adj. 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"

adj. very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

adj. moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"

adj. not arrogant or presuming; "unassuming to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work"; "a shy retiring girl"

adj. humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing"

adj. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

adj. (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

adj. of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"

adj. contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"

adj. lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"

adj. (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"

adj. of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"

adj. (of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"

adj. 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"

adj. very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

adj. not important or noteworthy

adj. having no meaning or direction or purpose; "a meaningless endeavor"; "a meaningless life"; "a verbose but meaningless explanation"

adj. of little substance or significance; "a few superficial editorial changes"; "only trivial objections"

adj. aimlessly drifting

adj. lacking in usefulness or value; "a worthless idler"

adj. not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter"

adj. excessively concerned about niceties

adj. contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"

adj. of no real value; "a nugatory law"

adj. of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"

adj. completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

adj. deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

adv. at some point or distance before a goal is reached: "he fell short of our expectations"

v. give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees"

v. speak to; "He addressed the crowd outside the window"

v. be a spokesperson for; "He represents the Government's position"

v. persuade someone not to do something

adj. almost no or (with `a') at least some; very little; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work"

adj. dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells; "fine-grained birch"

adj. resembling flour in fine powdery texture; "a floury clay"

adj. consisting of fine particles; "powdered cellulose"; "powdery snow"; "pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding"

adj. of extremely fine size or texture; "superfine sugar"; "a superfine file"

adj. low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"

adj. around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "a plane with intermediate range"; "medium bombers"

adj. avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate"

adj. not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"

adj. not excessive

adj. not extreme, especially in political views

adj. (used of living things esp persons) in an early period of life, development, or growth

adj. befitting or characteristic of a young boy; "a boyish grin"; "schoolboyish pranks"

adj. befitting a young child; "childlike charm"

adj. very young; "at an early age"

adj. susceptible to alteration by development and experience; "formative years"

adj. befitting or characteristic of a young girl; "girlish charm"; "a dress too schoolgirlish for office wear"

adj. including or intended for youthful persons; "a junior sports league"; "junior fashions"

adj. recently borne; "a newborn infant"

adj. characteristic of a puppy

adj. being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the teen years"

adj. young and immature; "at a tender age"

adj. somewhat young

adj. suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh; "he is young for his age"

adj. lacking vigor or energy; "an anemic attempt to hit the baseball"

adj. lacking strength or vigor

adj. having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction"

adj. lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"

adj. pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"

adj. having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"

adj. of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses"

adj. weak in willpower, courage or vitality

adj. (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn"

adj. (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn"

adj. inferior in strength or significance; "a puny physique"; "puny excuses"

adj. having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"

adj. having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"

adj. capable of being wounded or hurt; "vulnerable parts of the body"

adj. overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea"

adj. not ready to receive to new ideas

adj. characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles

adj. narrow-minded about cherished opinions

adj. obstinate in your opinions

adj. reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording"

adj. of an electrical signal; reduced in amplitude with little or no distortion

adj. (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply; "the slashed prices attracted buyers"

adj. (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval; "a diminished fifth"

adj. reduced to the smallest possible size or amount or degree

adj. (of a disease) characterized by periods of diminished severity; "a remittent fever"

adj. curbed or regulated; "controlled emotions"

adj. limited in size or scope; "the narrow sense of a word"

adj. not of major importance; "played a secondary role in world events"

adj. (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality; "no less than perfect"

adj. at a low level in rank or importance; "a low-level job"; "low-level discussions"

adj. intermediate in rank or position; "middle-level management"

adj. decisively surpassed by something else so as to appear to be of a lower class

adj. lacking worth or importance; "his work seems trivial and inconsequential"; "the quite inconsequent fellow was managed like a puppet"

adj. of minor importance; "a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room"; "a small-time actor"

adj. fairly large; "a sizable fortune"; "an ample waistline"; "of ample proportions"

adj. of large size for its weight

adj. large in capacity; "she carried a capacious bag"

adj. very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale); "an epic voyage"; "of heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture"

adj. extraordinarily large in size or amount or degree

adj. imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak doors"; "Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental scale"

adj. of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp"

adj. abnormally large

adj. so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe; "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous field of grass"; "stupendous demand"

adj. unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge

adj. large in volume or bulk; "a voluminous skirt"

adj. having or showing great strength or force or intensity; "struck a mighty blow"; "the mighty logger Paul Bunyan"; "the pen is mightier than the sword"- Bulwer-Lytton

adj. large enough to be visible to the naked eye

adj. indicating the most important performer or role; "the leading man"; "prima ballerina"; "prima donna"; "a star figure skater"; "the starring role"; "a stellar role"; "a stellar performance"

adj. of or characteristic of high rank or importance; "a superior officer"

adj. of imposing height; especially standing out above others; "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires of the cathedral"; "towering icebergs"

adj. of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"

adj. important in history; "the historic first voyage to outer space"

adj. having a meaning or purpose; "a meaningful explanation"; "a meaningful discussion"; "a meaningful pause"

adv. on a grand scale; "think big"