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Wide

adjective
(compar. wider; superl. widest)
1.
Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other.  Synonym: broad.  "A wide necktie" , "Wide margins" , "Three feet wide" , "A river two miles broad" , "Broad shoulders" , "A broad river"  Antonym: narrow.
2.
Broad in scope or content.  Synonyms: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic.  "An all-embracing definition" , "Blanket sanctions against human-rights violators" , "An invention with broad applications" , "A panoptic study of Soviet nationality" , "Granted him wide powers"
3.
(used of eyes) fully open or extended.  Synonym: wide-eyed.
4.
Very large in expanse or scope.  Synonyms: broad, spacious.  "The wide plains" , "A spacious view" , "Spacious skies"
5.
Great in degree.  Antonym: narrow.
6.
Having ample fabric.  Synonyms: full, wide-cut.  "A full skirt"
7.
Not on target.  Synonym: wide of the mark.  "The arrow was wide of the mark" , "A claim that was wide of the truth"
adverb
1.
With or by a broad space.  "Ran wide around left end"
2.
To the fullest extent possible.  "With the throttle wide open"
3.
Far from the intended target.  Synonym: astray.  "A bullet went astray and killed a bystander"
4.
To or over a great extent or range; far.  Synonym: widely.  "He traveled widely"



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"Wide" Quotes from Famous Books



... I would write my name as the Upland Rider wrote; Write? What need, for before my eyes in a wide and wavering line I saw the trace of a written word and letter by letter float Into a mist as the world grew dark; and I knew that the ...
— Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp • Various

... from the Hot Well, and took possession of the first floor of a lodging-house, on the South Parade; a situation which my uncle chose, for its being near the Bath, and remote from the noise of carriages. He was scarce warm in the lodgings when he called for his night-cap, his wide shoes, and flannel; and declared himself invested with the gout in his right foot; though, I believe it had as yet reached no farther than his imagination. It was not long before he had reason to repent his premature declaration; for our aunt Tabitha found means ...
— The Expedition of Humphry Clinker • Tobias Smollett

... and not the plants, are removed. When used for this latter purpose, the frames are made very cheap by running two rows of parallel planks through the field at a distance apart of six feet. The plank on the north is ordinarily ten to twelve inches wide, and that on the south eight to ten inches. These planks are held in place by stakes, and the sashes are laid across them. Seeds of radishes, beets, lettuce, and the like, are then sown beneath the sash, and when ...
— Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) • L. H. Bailey

... clear and excellent statement of reasons for believing in the existence of God. In simple language and easily read by anyone. Should have a wide reading."—Herald ...
— God's Plan with Men • T. T. (Thomas Theodore) Martin

... generations—which led up to the parish church, placed on a height above the town, on a great green area at the summit of the cliff, which was the angle where the river and the sea met, and so overlooking both the busy crowded little town, the port, the shipping, and the bar on the one hand, and the wide illimitable tranquil sea on the other—types of life and eternity. It was a good situation for that church. Homeward-bound sailors caught sight of the tower of St Nicholas, the first land object of all. They who went forth upon the great deep might ...
— Sylvia's Lovers, Vol. I • Elizabeth Gaskell


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