Cryptic crossword clue
Of modest dimensions when cut down to size

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word HUMBLE

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What does HUMBLE mean?

HUMBLE noun
  1. (Baltimore) An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject.
HUMBLE verb
  1. To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of
  2. To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.
HUMBLE adjective
  1. Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.
  2. Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
  3. Near the ground.
HUMBLE noun
  1. A stag that has failed to grow antlers; a cow that has not developed horns.
  2. Especially in hummel corn: grain that lacks awns (beards or bristles), or has had its awns removed (barley, oats, etc.).
HUMBLE verb
  1. Of an animal: to remove the horns; to poll.
  2. To separate (barley, oats, etc.) from the awns.

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