c. d. broad
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broad (brɔːd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | having relatively great breadth or width |
| 2. | of vast extent; spacious: a broad plain |
| 3. | (postpositive) from one side to the other: four miles broad |
| 4. | of great scope or potential: that invention had broad applications |
| 5. | not detailed; general: broad plans |
| 6. | clear and open; full (esp in the phrase broad daylight) |
| 7. | obvious or plain: broad hints |
| 8. | liberal; tolerant: a broad political stance |
| 9. | widely spread; extensive: broad support |
| 10. | outspoken or bold: a broad manner |
| 11. | vulgar; coarse; indecent: a broad joke |
| 12. | unrestrained; free: broad laughter |
| 13. | (of a dialect or pronunciation) consisting of a large number of speech sounds characteristic of a particular geographical area: a broad Yorkshire accent |
| 14. | finance Compare narrow denoting an assessment of liquidity as including notes and coin in circulation with the public, banks' till money and balances, most private-sector bank deposits, and sterling bank-deposit certificates: broad money |
| 15. | phonetics |
| a. of or relating to a type of pronunciation transcription in which symbols correspond approximately to phonemes without taking account of allophonic variations | |
| b. broad a the long vowel in English words such as father, half, as represented in the received pronunciation of Southern British English | |
| 16. | as broad as it is long amounting to the same thing; without advantage either way |
| —n | |
| 17. | the broad part of something |
| 18. | slang chiefly (US), (Canadian) |
| a. a girl or woman | |
| b. a prostitute | |
| 19. | dialect (Brit) See also Broads a river spreading over a lowland |
| 20. | dialect (East Anglian) a shallow lake |
| 21. | a wood-turning tool used for shaping the insides and bottoms of cylinders |
| —adv | |
| 22. | widely or fully: broad awake |
| [Old English brād; related to Old Norse breithr, Old Frisian brēd, Old High German breit, Gothic braiths] | |
| 'broadly | |
| —adv | |
| 'broadness | |
| —n | |
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C. d. broad
is always a great word to know.
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Word Origin & History
broad
O.E. brad "broad, flat, open, extended," from P.Gmc. *braithaz (cf. O.Fris. bred, O.N. breiðr, Du. breed, Ger. breit, Goth. brouþs), of unknown origin. Not found outside Germanic languages. No clear distinction in sense from wide. Slang extension to meaning "woman"
(1911) may be suggestive of broad hips, but it also may trace to Amer.Eng. abroadwife, for a woman away from her husband, often a slave. Earliest use suggests immorality or coarse, low-class women. Because of this negative association, and the rise of women's athletics, the track and field broad jump was changed to the long jump c.1967. Related: Broadly.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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