Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sizing

1 sense of sizing

Sense 1
size, sizing -- (any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics; "size gives body to a fabric")
       => filler -- (used for filling cracks or holes in a surface)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb size

3 senses of size

Sense 1
size -- (cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance))
       => coat, surface -- (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate")

Sense 2
size -- (sort according to size)
       => classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate -- (arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?")

Sense 3
size -- (make to a size; bring to a suitable size)
       => change magnitude -- (change in size or magnitude)
          Phrasal Verb-> size up#1

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