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wide

  [wahyd] adjective, wid⋅er, wid⋅est, adverb, noun
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–adjective
1. having considerable or great extent from side to side; broad: a wide boulevard.
2. having a certain or specified extent from side to side: three feet wide.
3. of great horizontal extent; extensive; vast; spacious: the wide plains of the West.
4. of great range or scope; embracing a great number or variety of subjects, cases, etc.: wide experience.
5. open to the full or a great extent; expanded; distended: to stare with wide eyes.
6. apart or remote from a specified point or object: a guess wide of the truth.
7. too far or too much to one side: a shot wide of the mark.
8. Baseball. outside (def. 16): The pitch was wide of the plate.
9. full, ample, or roomy, as clothing: He wore wide, flowing robes.
10. Phonetics. lax (def. 7).
11. British Slang. shrewd; wary.
–adverb
12. to the full extent of opening: Open your mouth wide.
13. to the utmost, or fully: to be wide awake.
14. away from or to one side of a point, mark, purpose, or the like; aside; astray: The shot went wide.
15. over an extensive space or region, or far abroad: scattered far and wide.
16. to a great, or relatively great, extent from side to side: The river runs wide here.
–noun
17. Cricket. a bowled ball that goes wide of the wicket, and counts as a run for the side batting.
18. Archaic. a wide space or expanse.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE wīd; c. D wijd, G weit, ON vīthr

Related forms:
wideness, noun

Synonyms:
1. Wide, broad refer to dimensions. They are often interchangeable, but wide especially applies to things of which the length is much greater than the width: a wide road, piece of ribbon. Broad is more emphatic, and applies to things of considerable or great width, breadth, or extent, esp. to surfaces extending laterally: a broad valley. 3. boundless; comprehensive; ample.

Antonyms:
1. narrow.
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wide   (wīd)   
adj.   wid·er, wid·est

    1. Having a specified extent from side to side: a ribbon two inches wide.

    2. Extending over a great distance from side to side; broad: a wide road; a wide necktie.

    3. To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal: a shot that was wide of the target.

    4. Baseball Outside.

    5. Sports Being near one of the side boundaries of a playing area, such as a sideline on a football field.

  2. Having great extent or range; including much or many: a wide selection; granting wide powers; wide variations.

  3. Fully open or extended: look with wide eyes.

    1. To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal: a shot that was wide of the target.

    2. Baseball Outside.

    3. Sports Being near one of the side boundaries of a playing area, such as a sideline on a football field.

  5. Deviating or straying from something expected or specified: a remark that was wide of the truth.

  6. Linguistics Lax.

adv.   wider, widest

  1. Over a great distance; extensively: traveled far and wide.

  2. To the full extent; completely.

  3. To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal.

  4. Sports Toward or near one of the sides of a playing area: ran wide to catch a pass.

n.   Sports
A ball bowled outside of the batsman's reach, counting as a run for the batting team in cricket.

[Middle English, from Old English wīd; see wi- in Indo-European roots.]
wide'ly adv., wide'ness n., wid'ish adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
wide

  1. mod.
    drug intoxicated. : How'd you get so wide, man? What are you on?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

wide 
O.E. wid, from P.Gmc. *widas (cf. O.S., O.Fris. wid, O.N. viðr, Du. wijd, O.H.G. wit, Ger. weit), perhaps from PIE *wi-ito-, from base *wi- "apart, away." Wide open "unguarded, exposed to attack" (1915) originally was in boxing, etc. Wide awake (adj.) is first recorded 1818; fig. sense of "alert, knowing" is attested from 1833. Widespread is recorded from 1705.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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