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sizing

/ˈsaɪzɪŋ/

sizing noun: a gelatinous glue for glazing or sizing canvas, paper, plaster or wood; often made from animal skins. Also the present participle and gerund of size.

Noun

sizing (countable and uncountable, plural sizings)

  1. A gelatinous glue for glazing or sizing canvas, paper, plaster or wood; often made from animal skins.
  2. Paste.
  3. A weak glue used in various trades; size.
  4. (UK, dated, Cambridge University) Food and drink ordered from the buttery by a student.

Also used as

sizing is also the present participle and gerund of size.

sizing meaning in Hindi, Telugu, Punjabi and Gujarati

sizing in Hindi

साइज़िंग, साइजिंग

sizing in Telugu

సైజింగ్

sizing in Punjabi

ਸਾਈਜ਼ਿੰਗ, ਸਾਈਜਿੰਗ

sizing in Gujarati

સાઈઝિંગ
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sizing in Nepali
साइजिङ

Examples of sizing in a sentence

  • Sizing the other woman up, doing a little consulting of their gaydars.
  • Sizing up the padlock, Mac slapped at a webbing pocket for his lock jiggers, but felt nothing.
  • In sizing up his first season with the Smart Set, Indianapolis-based columnist Will M.

All 15 example sentences with sizing

Forms of sizing

pluralsizings

Plural of sizing: sizings

Words formed from sizing

Phrases with sizing

Words that rhyme with sizing

Questions about sizing

What does sizing mean?
Sizing means a gelatinous glue for glazing or sizing canvas, paper, plaster or wood; often made from animal skins.
What is sizing in Hindi?
Sizing in Hindi is साइज़िंग, साइजिंग. See Sizing meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is sizing?
Sizing is a noun.
How do you pronounce sizing?
Sizing is pronounced /ˈsaɪzɪŋ/.
What is the plural of sizing?
The plural of sizing is sizings.

Words near sizing in the dictionary

  1. sizewise
  2. sizey
  3. Sizhou
  4. sizhu
  5. siziness
  6. sizing
  7. sizing down
  8. sizing up
  9. sizings
  10. sizism
  11. sizist

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sizing (page history and authors); sizing (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sizing (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sizing (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sizing (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sizing (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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