n.
1) to adjust; set a ~ (when typing)
2) to justify a ~ (in setting type, in word processing)
3) a comfortable, handsome, large, wide; narrow, slender, slim, small; safe ~
4) by a ~ (they won by a slim ~)
5) in, on a ~ (to make notes in the ~s)
6) ( misc. ) a ~ of error; a ~ of safety