[brawd] 
adjective, -er, -est, adverb, noun | 1. | of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across. |
| 2. | measured from side to side: The desk was three feet broad. |
| 3. | of great extent; large: the broad expanse of ocean. |
| 4. | widely diffused; open; full: We awoke to broad daylight. |
| 5. | not limited or narrow; of extensive range or scope: A modern doctor must have a broad knowledge of medicine. |
| 6. | liberal; tolerant: A broad interpretation of the law tempers justice with mercy. |
| 7. | main or general: the broad outlines of a subject. |
| 8. | plain or clear: Her remark was a broad hint of her feelings. |
| 9. | bold; plain-spoken. |
| 10. | indelicate; indecent: He smirked at the broad joke. |
| 11. | (of conversation) rough; countrified. |
| 12. | unconfined; free; unrestrained: It was a hilarious evening of broad mirth. |
| 13. | (of pronunciation) strongly dialectal: He wore kilts and had a broad Scots accent. |
| 14. | Phonetics. (of a transcription) using one basic symbol to represent each phoneme. |
| 15. | broad a, the a-sound [ah] when used in lieu of the more common a-sound [a] in such words as half, can't, and laugh. |
| 16. | fully: He was broad awake. |
| 17. | the broad part of anything. |
| 18. | Slang.
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| 19. | Often, broads. Movies, Television. an incandescent or fluorescent lamp used as a general source of light in a studio. |
| 20. | a gold coin of England and Scotland, issued by James I and Charles I and equal to 20 shillings. Compare carolus, jacobus. |
| 21. | broad on the beam, Nautical. bearing 90° to the heading of a vessel. |
| 22. | broad on the bow, Nautical. bearing 45° to the heading of a vessel. |
| 23. | broad on the quarter, Nautical. bearing 135° to the heading of a vessel. |
