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Wide 1Definition: Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow; broad; as, wide cloth; a wide table; a wide highway; a wide bed; a wide hall or entry.
Wide 2Definition: Having a great extent every way; extended; spacious; broad; vast; extensive; as, a wide plain; the wide ocean; a wide difference. Wide 3Definition: Of large scope; comprehensive; liberal; broad; as, wide views; a wide understanding. Wide 4Definition: Of a certain measure between the sides; measuring in a direction at right angles to that of length; as, a table three feet wide. Wide 5Definition: Remote; distant; far. Wide 6Definition: Far from truth, from propriety, from necessity, or the like. Wide 7Definition: On one side or the other of the mark; too far side-wise from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc. Wide 8Definition: Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the mouth organs; opposed to primary as used by Mr. Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr. Sweet. The effect, as explained by Mr. Bell, is due to the relaxation or tension of the pharynx; as explained by Mr. Sweet and others, it is due to the action of the tongue. The wide of (/ve) is (/ll); of a (ate) is (/nd), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, Wide 9Definition: To a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent; as, his fame was spread wide. Wide 10Definition: So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening. Wide 11Definition: So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose; aside; astray. Wide 12Definition: That which is wide; wide space; width; extent. Wide 13Definition: That which goes wide, or to one side of the mark. wide 14Definition: not on target; "the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth" wide 15Definition: having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt" wide 16Definition: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide wide 17Definition: great in range or scope; "an extended vocabulary"; "surgeons with extended experience"; "extensive examples of picture writing"; "suffered extensive damage"; "a wide selection" wide 18Definition: very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies" wide 19Definition: (used of eyes) fully open or extended; "listened in round-eyed wonder"; "stared with wide eyes" wide 20Definition: having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river" wide 21Definition: great in degree; "won by a wide margin" wide 22Definition: to or over a great extent or range; far; "wandered wide through many lands"; "he traveled widely" wide 23Definition: with or by a broad space; "stand with legs wide apart"; "ran wide around left end" wide 24Definition: far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander" wide 25Definition: to the fullest extent possible; "open your eyes wide"; "with the throttle wide open"
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