affected manner; pretension; assumed haughtiness: to put on side.
b.
impudence; gall: He has a lot of side.
20.
on the (specified) side, rather more than less; tending toward (the quality or condition specified): This cake is a little on the sweet side.
–adjective
21.
being at or on one side: the side aisles of a theater.
22.
coming from one side.
23.
directed toward one side: a side blow.
24.
subordinate or incidental: a side issue.
—Verb phrase
25.
side with or against, to favor or support or refuse to support one group, opinion, etc., against opposition; take sides, as in a dispute: He always sides with the underdog.
—Idioms
26.
on the side, Informal.
a.
separate from the main issue or point of interest.
b.
in addition to one's regular, or known work, interest, relationships, etc.: She tried selling cosmetics on the side. He dates another girl on the side.
c.
as a side dish: a hamburger with French fries on the side.
27.
side by side,
a.
next to one another; together.
b.
closely associated or related; in proximity: A divided city in which democracy and communism must live side by side.
28.
take sides, to give one's support to one person or group in a dispute; be partial to one side: We were careful not to take sides for fear of getting personally involved.
29.
the far side, the farther or opposite side: the far side of the moon.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE sīde (n.); c. D zijde, G Seite, ON sītha]
The part within an object or area to the left or right of the observer or of its vertical axis.
The left or right half of the trunk of a human or animal body: always sleeps on his side; a side of beef.
The space immediately next to someone: stood at her father's side.
The space immediately next to something. Often used in combination: courtside; dockside.
One of two or more opposing individuals, groups, teams, or sets of opinions.
One of the positions maintained in a dispute or debate. See Synonyms at phase.
A surface of an object, especially a surface joining a top and bottom: the four sides of a box.
A surface of an object that extends more or less perpendicularly from an observer standing in front: the side of the ship.
Either of the two surfaces of a flat object: the front side of a piece of paper; the two sides of a record.
The part within an object or area to the left or right of the observer or of its vertical axis.
The left or right half of the trunk of a human or animal body: always sleeps on his side; a side of beef.
The space immediately next to someone: stood at her father's side.
The space immediately next to something. Often used in combination: courtside; dockside.
One of two or more opposing individuals, groups, teams, or sets of opinions.
One of the positions maintained in a dispute or debate. See Synonyms at phase.
The space immediately next to someone: stood at her father's side.
The space immediately next to something. Often used in combination: courtside; dockside.
One of two or more opposing individuals, groups, teams, or sets of opinions.
One of the positions maintained in a dispute or debate. See Synonyms at phase.
One of two or more contrasted parts or places within an area, identified by its location with respect to a center: the north side of the park.
An area separated from another area by an intervening feature, such as a line or barrier: on this side of the Atlantic; the district on the other side of the railroad tracks.
One of two or more opposing individuals, groups, teams, or sets of opinions.
One of the positions maintained in a dispute or debate. See Synonyms at phase.
A distinct aspect: the shy side of his personality.
Line of descent: my aunt on my mother's side.
An incomplete script that shows the lines and cues of a single performer only. Often used in the plural.
Chiefly British Affected superiority; arrogance.
adj.
Located on a side: a side door.
From or to one side; oblique: a side view.
Minor; incidental: a side interest.
In addition to the main part; supplementary: a side benefit.
v.
sid·ed, sid·ing, sides
v.
tr.
To provide sides or siding for: side a frame house with aluminum.
To be positioned next to: a couch that is sided by low tables.
To be in agreement with; support.
v.
intr.
To align oneself in a disagreement: sided with the conservatives in Congress; siding against the bill.
O.E. side "flanks of a person, the long part or aspect of anything," from P.Gmc. *sithon (cf. O.S. sida, O.N. siða, M.Du. side, O.H.G. sita, Ger. Seite), from adj. *sithas "long" (cf. O.E. sid "long, broad, spacious," O.N. siðr "long, hanging down"), from PIE base *se- "long, late" (cf. L. serus "late," Lith. sietuva "deep place in a river," M.Ir. sith, M.Breton hir "long"). Original sense preserved in countryside. Fig. sense of "position or attitude of a person or set of persons in relation to another" (cf. choosing sides) first recorded c.1250. Meaning "music on one side of a phonograph record" is first attested 1936. Phrase side by side "close together and abreast" is recorded from c.1205. Restaurant phrase on the side "apart from the main dish" is attested from 1884, Amer.Eng. Side-splitting "funny" is first attested 1860. Sidebar "secondary article in a newspaper" is recorded from 1948. Sideman "supporting musician" is first attested 1936. Sideboard "table placed near the side of a room" is from c.1300.
"to cut into sides" (of meat), c.1470, from side (n.). Meaning "to support one of the parties in a discussion, dispute, etc.," is first attested 1591, from side (n.) in the fig. sense; earlier to hold sides (c.1489).
located on a side; "side fences"; "the side porch" [ant: top, bottom]
noun
1.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location; "they always sat on the right side of the church"; "he never left my side"
2.
one of two or more contesting groups; "the Confederate side was prepared to attack"
3.
either the left or right half of a body; "he had a pain in his side"
4.
a surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf"
5.
an extended outer surface of an object; "he turned the box over to examine the bottom side"; "they painted all four sides of the house"
6.
an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect); "he was on the heavy side"; "he is on the purchasing side of the business"; "it brought out his better side"
7.
a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure; "the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side"
8.
a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side"
9.
a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food
10.
an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute; "there are two sides to every question"
11.
an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain" [syn: slope]
12.
(sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist [syn: English]
verb
1.
take sides for or against; "Who are you widing with?"; "I"m siding against the current candidate"
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Be*side"\, prep. [OE. biside, bisiden, bisides, prep. and adv., beside, besides; pref. be- by + side. Cf. Besides, and see Side, n.]1. At the side of; on one side of. "Beside him hung his bow." --Milton. 2. Aside from; out of the regular course or order of; in a state of deviation from; out of. [You] have done enough To put him quite beside his patience. --Shak. 3. Over and above; distinct from; in addition to. Note: [In this use besides is now commoner.] Wise and learned men beside those whose names are in the Christian records. --Addison. To be beside one's self, to be out of one's wits or senses. Paul, thou art beside thyself. --Acts xxvi. 24. Syn: Beside, Besides. Usage: These words, whether used as prepositions or adverbs, have been considered strictly synonymous, from an early period of our literature, and have been freely interchanged by our best writers. There is, however, a tendency, in present usage, to make the following distinction between them: 1. That beside be used only and always as a preposition, with the original meaning "by the side of; " as, to sit beside a fountain; or with the closely allied meaning "aside from", "apart from", or "out of"; as, this is beside our present purpose; to be beside one's self with joy. The adverbial sense to be wholly transferred to the cognate word. 2. That besides, as a preposition, take the remaining sense "in addition to", as, besides all this; besides the considerations here offered. "There was a famine in the land besides the first famine." --Gen. xxvi. 1. And that it also take the adverbial sense of "moreover", "beyond", etc., which had been divided between the words; as, besides, there are other considerations which belong to this case. The following passages may serve to illustrate this use of the words: Lovely Thais sits beside thee. --Dryden. Only be patient till we have appeased The multitude, beside themselves with fear. --Shak. It is beside my present business to enlarge on this speculation. --Locke. Besides this, there are persons in certain situations who are expected to be charitable. --Bp. Porteus. And, besides, the Moor May unfold me to him; there stand I in much peril. --Shak. That man that does not know those things which are of necessity for him to know is but an ignorant man, whatever he may know besides. --Tillotson. Note: See Moreover.
Choose\, v. t. [imp. Chose; p. p. Chosen, Chose (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Choosing.] [OE. chesen, cheosen, AS. ce['o]san; akin to OS. kiosan, D. kiezen, G. kiesen, Icel. kj[=o]sa, Goth. kiusan, L. gustare to taste, Gr. ?, Skr. jush to enjoy. [root]46. Cf. Choice, 2d Gust.]1. To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils. Choose me for a humble friend. --Pope. 2. To wish; to desire; to prefer. [Colloq.] The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment. --Goldsmith. To choose sides. See under Side. Syn: Syn. - To select; prefer; elect; adopt; follow. Usage: To Choose, Prefer, Elect. To choose is the generic term, and denotes to take or fix upon by an act of the will, especially in accordance with a decision of the judgment. To prefer is to choose or favor one thing as compared with, and more desirable than, another, or more in accordance with one's tastes and feelings. To elect is to choose or select for some office, employment, use, privilege, etc., especially by the concurrent vote or voice of a sufficient number of electors. To choose a profession; to prefer private life to a public one; to elect members of Congress.
Laugh\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Laughed; p. pr. & vb. n. Laughing.] [OE. laughen, laghen, lauhen, AS. hlehhan, hlihhan, hlyhhan, hliehhan; akin to OS. hlahan, D. & G. lachen, OHG. hlahhan, lahhan, lahh?n, Icel. hl[ae]ja. Dan. lee, Sw. le, Goth. hlahjan; perh. of imitative origin.]1. To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter. Queen Hecuba laughed that her eyes ran o'er. --Shak. He laugheth that winneth. --Heywood's Prov. 2. Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport. Then laughs the childish year, with flowerets crowned. --Dryden. In Folly's cup still laughs the bubble Joy. --Pope. To laugh at, to make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride. No wit to flatter left of all his store, No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. --Pope. To laugh in the sleeve , to laugh secretly, or so as not to be observed, especiall while apparently preserving a grave or serious demeanor toward the person or persons laughed at. To laugh out, to laugh in spite of some restraining influence; to laugh aloud. To laugh out of the other corner (or side) of the mouth, to weep or cry; to feel regret, vexation, or disappointment after hilarity or exaltation. [Slang]
Side\, n. [AS. s[=i]de; akin to D. zijde, G. seite, OHG. s[=i]ta, Icel. s[=i]?a, Dan. side, Sw. sida; cf. AS. s[=i]d large, spacious, Icel. s[=i]?r long, hanging.]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. 3. 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. --Milton. 4. (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. --John xix. 34. 5. A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge. Along the side of yon small hill. --Milton. 6. 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. --Shak. We have not always been of the . . . same side in politics. --Landor. Sets the passions on the side of truth. --Pope. 7. 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. --Milton. 8. 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, and Illust. of Ravelin. 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. --H. L. Scott. 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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