A fragment cut or broken off; a strip; a scrap.
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释义 | the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a very small amount (47) shredc1000 A fragment cut or broken off; a strip; a scrap. farthingsworthc1325 As much as is bought or sold for a farthing, a very small amount. Also figurative. pennyworthc1330 figurative. An amount, a sum, a contribution; esp. a very small amount or contribution. Usually in negative contexts. Frequently with partitive of… incha1350 transferred and figurative. A very small measure, distance, amount, or degree; the least amount or part (of space, time, material or immaterial… sliverc1374 A piece cut or split off; a long thin piece or slip; a splinter, shiver, slice. Also figurative. chipa1393 A small piece or fragment of any relatively hard substance, typically one broken or split from a larger piece by means of a sharp blow or knock; esp.… gnastc1440 A spark; the snuff of a candle. Jack1530 Something insignificant, or smaller than the normal size. colloquial. A very small amount; the least bit. Obsolete. rare. spoonful1531 transferred. A very small quantity or number. crumba1535 figurative. A very small particle or portion (of something immaterial), a ‘scrap’. spark1548 A small remnant, fragment, piece, atom, or amount, of something. slight1549 A very small amount or weight; a small matter, a trifle. Obsolete. pin's worth1562 an extremely small amount. scruple1574 figurative. A very small quantity or amount; a very small part or portion. thought1581 In singular: a very small amount, a very little, a trifle. Usually, and now almost always, adverbial. pinch1583 An amount (chiefly of a powdered substance, esp. snuff) that may be taken up between a finger and thumb. Hence in extended use: a very small… scrap1583 A remnant; a small detached piece; a piece very small by comparison with the whole; a fragmentary… Of material things. splinter1609 Used (chiefly with negatives) to denote a very small piece or amount, or something of little or no value. ticket1634 A minute quantity or part. notchet1637 A small or insignificant thing or quantity. indivisible1644 That which is indivisible; an infinitely small particle or quantity. tinyc1650 A very small amount: = tine, n.6 (perhaps only a copyist's error for this.) Obsolete. rare. twopence1691 As type of a very small amount: now esp. in (not) to care twopence. Also for twopence, very easily, with the smallest encouragement. turn of the scale(s)1706 turn of the scale(s): (with reference to selling items by weight on a scale or balance) the slight advantage given to the buyer by which the article… enough to swear by1756 To swear to or be sure of the existence of (cf. to swear to —— 2 at phrasal verbs 1): in enough to swear by, expressing a very slight amount. collo… touch1786 A very little; a small amount. Frequently in a touch, used adverbially: slightly, somewhat, a little. scrimptiona1825 A very small amount or degree, a bit. Cf. smidgen, n. infinitesimal1840 In loose or hyperbolical use: An extremely small quantity or amount; something excessively minute or insignificant. smidgen1841 Chiefly with a and followed by of. A tiny amount of something; a little bit; a trace. snuff1842 A pinch, a very small quantity, of something. fluxion1846 loosely. An infinitesimal quantity. smitchel1856 With a and chiefly followed by of. A little bit; a tiny amount. eyelash1860 A very small distance or amount. Esp. in by an eyelash. Cf. whisker, n.1 5b. smidge1866 Chiefly with a and followed by of. A tiny amount of something; a little bit; a trace. tenpenceworth1896 the amount of anything to be bought for tenpence; used contemptuously. whisker1913 figurative. A very small distance or amount, a fraction: used chiefly in comparisons. colloquial (originally U.S.). tidge1986 A very small portion or amount, a bit. Frequently adverbial in a tidge. Subcategories:— specifically of something immaterial (10) |
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