"bigg" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Of Scandinavian origin. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} bigg (uncountable)
  1. A kind of barley. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-bigg-en-noun-kV1mogps
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: biggs [present, singular, third-person], bigging [participle, present], bigged [participle, past], bigged [past]
Etymology: From Middle English biggen, from Old Norse byggja. See boor and bound. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|biggen}} Middle English biggen, {{der|en|non|byggja}} Old Norse byggja, {{m|en|boor}} boor, {{m|en|bound}} bound Head templates: {{en-verb}} bigg (third-person singular simple present biggs, present participle bigging, simple past and past participle bigged)
  1. (transitive, obsolete, Scotland, Northumbria) To build. Tags: Northumbria, Scotland, obsolete, transitive Categories (lifeform): Hordeeae tribe grasses Synonyms: big
    Sense id: en-bigg-en-verb-P8chIUYP Disambiguation of Hordeeae tribe grasses: 36 64 Categories (other): Northumbrian English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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