sizing
Speech parts
1. sizing - Noun
2. sizing - Verb
Meaning
of Size
Act of covering or treating with size.
The act of sorting with respect to size.
The act of bringing anything to a certain size.
Food and drink ordered from the buttery by a student.
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Come in. And try not to murder any of my guests." Jace edged into the doorway, sizing up Magnus with his eyes. "Even if one of them spills a drink on my new shoes?" "Even then.
Terri (Hilary Duff)'s new roommate is Denise (Dana Davis), who plans to work hard for a scholarship, and resents Terri as a distraction. Sizing up Terri's wardrobe and her smile, she tells her: "You're like some kind of retro Brady Buncher."
When I have to think about it, I know the picture is wrong. And sizing is a form of thinking and coloring is too. My instinct about painting says, 'If you don't think about it, it's right.'
Selling wine is all about sizing people up, and it takes a certain amount of chutzpah. The tableside bottle sell is a very funny thing - you take a look at the guy's blazer, what kind of shoes he's wearing, what kind of broad he's with. Is he trying to be a hero?
size gives body to a fabric
Actually, Sebastien Truchet (1657–1729) had invented a similar type sizing system before Fournier implemented his point system.