Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; -- opposed to small; as, a large horse; a large house or room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large army; a large city.
Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.
We have yet large day.
Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.
I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education.
Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; -- said of the mind and heart.
Free; unembarrassed. [Obs.]
Of burdens all he set the Paynims large.
Unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language. [Obs.]
Prodigal in expending; lavish. [Obs.]
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. (Naut.)
Phrases & Compounds
At large
Without restraint or confinement; as, to go at large; to be left at large.
electors, or a representative, as in Congress, chosen to represent the whole of a State, in distinction from those chosen to represent particular districts in a State.
To give large
to have the wind crossing the direction of a vessel's course in such a way that the sails feel its full force, and the vessel gains its highest speed. See Large, a., 8.
Large
adv.
Freely; licentiously. [Obs.]
Large
n.
A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves. (Mus.)