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Book: Afternoon on the Amazon
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The following adjectives are used to describe sizes and shapes:

  Adjective Meaning Example
1. small Not large in size small pink sock
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2. tiny Very small tiny lump
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3. big Large in size big bugs
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4. little Small little bugs
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5. thick Broad, something grows close together and in large amounts thick treetops
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6. giant Extremely large giant spiders
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7. huge Very large huge trees
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8. wide It measures a large distance from one side to the other wide tree trunks
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9. long It measures a great distance from one end to the other long green snake
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10. biggest The largest biggest predator
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Reference: Cambridge Dictionaries Online, Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary