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Side by side   /saɪd baɪ saɪd/   Listen
noun
Side  n.  
1.
The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distinguished from the shorter edges, called ends; a bounding line of a geometrical figure; as, the side of a field, of a square or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc.
2.
Any outer portion of a thing considered apart from, and yet in relation to, the rest; as, the upper side of a sphere; also, any part or position viewed as opposite to or contrasted with another; as, this or that side. "Looking round on every side beheld A pathless desert."
3.
(a)
One of the halves of the body, of an animals or man, on either side of the mesial plane; or that which pertains to such a half; as, a side of beef; a side of sole leather.
(b)
The right or left part of the wall or trunk of the body; as, a pain in the side. "One of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side."
4.
A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge. "Along the side of yon small hill."
5.
The position of a person or party regarded as opposed to another person or party, whether as a rival or a foe; a body of advocates or partisans; a party; hence, the interest or cause which one maintains against another; a doctrine or view opposed to another. "God on our side, doubt not of victory." "We have not always been of the... same side in politics." "Sets the passions on the side of truth."
6.
A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another. "To sit upon thy father David's throne, By mother's side thy father."
7.
Fig.: Aspect or part regarded as contrasted with some other; as, the bright side of poverty.
By the side of, close at hand; near to.
Exterior side. (Fort.) See Exterior.
Interior side (Fort.), the line drawn from the center of one bastion to that of the next, or the line curtain produced to the two oblique radii in front.
Side by side, close together and abreast; in company or along with.
To choose sides, to select those who shall compete, as in a game, on either side.
To take sides, to attach one's self to, or give assistance to, one of two opposing sides or parties.





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"Side by side" Quotes from Famous Books



... a creeping cove the wave unshocked Lays itself calm and wide, Over a stream two birds of glancing feather Do woo each other, carolling together. Both alike, they glide together Side by side; Both alike, they sing together, Arching blue-glossed ...
— The Suppressed Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson • Alfred Lord Tennyson
... have been told—always died first of the monkey's constitutional complaint, consumption, simply from breathing the warm breath of their friends below. But since the cages have been altered, and made to range side by side from top to bottom, consumption—I understand—has vastly ...
— Health and Education • Charles Kingsley
... cry! It curdled the hearts of all who heard it. It shook the souls of men and women both inside and outside the apartment; then all was forgotten in the wild rush she made. The wife and mother had flung herself upon the scene, and, side by side with the not unmoved policeman, stood looking down upon the desolation made in one fatal instant ...
— The Golden Slipper • Anna Katharine Green
... White House with the Green Blinds by the Side of the Road was the Canal; and beyond the Canal the River. They always flowed along side by side, and Marmaduke thought they were like two brothers. The Canal was the older brother, it was always so sure and steady and ready for work. It flowed steadily and evenly and carried the big canal-boats down to the Sea. The River also ...
— Half-Past Seven Stories • Robert Gordon Anderson
... had ready pens and stood side by side in many controversies, they came to be regarded by the public as a pair of Great Twin Brethren, the Castor and Pollux of many a scientific battle of Lake Regillus. Odd confusions sometimes followed. In 1876, not long after Tyndall's ...
— Thomas Henry Huxley - A Character Sketch • Leonard Huxley


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