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Wide

Definition: 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

Definition: Having a great extent every way; extended; spacious;
broad; vast; extensive; as, a wide plain; the wide ocean; a wide
difference.

Wide

Definition: Of large scope; comprehensive; liberal; broad; as, wide
views; a wide understanding.

Wide

Definition: 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

Definition: Remote; distant; far.

Wide

Definition: Far from truth, from propriety, from necessity, or the
like.

Wide

Definition: On one side or the other of the mark; too far side-wise
from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.

Wide

Definition: 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, / 13-15.

Wide

Definition: To a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent;
as, his fame was spread wide.

Wide

Definition: So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so
as to form a large opening.

Wide

Definition: So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an
object or purpose; aside; astray.

Wide

Definition: That which is wide; wide space; width; extent.

Wide

Definition: That which goes wide, or to one side of the mark.