low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal | (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth |
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent | (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity |
(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some | not tried or tested by experience |
small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context) | being in its early stage |
lowercase | suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh |
(of a voice) faint | |
(informal) small and of little importance | |
(of children and animals) young, immature | |