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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
broad adj 1: having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river" [syn: wide, broad] [ant: narrow] 2: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn: across-the- board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide] 3: not detailed or specific; "a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread" [syn: broad, unspecific] 4: lacking subtlety; obvious; "gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave" [syn: broad, unsubtle] 5: being at a peak or culminating point; "broad daylight"; "full summer" [syn: broad(a), full(a)] 6: very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies" [syn: broad, spacious, wide] 7: (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional; "a broad southern accent" 8: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions" [syn: broad, large-minded, liberal, tolerant] n 1: slang term for a woman; "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch" | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Broad \Broad\ (br[add]d), a. [Compar. Broader (br[add]d"[~e]r); superl. Broadest.] [OE. brod, brad, AS. br[=a]d; akin to OS. br[=e]d, D. breed, G. breit, Icel. brei[eth]r, Sw. & Dan. bred, Goth. braids. Cf. Breadth.] 1. Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad. [1913 Webster] 2. Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean. [1913 Webster] 3. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full. "Broad and open day." --Bp. Porteus. [1913 Webster] 4. Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; -- applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive. [1913 Webster] A broad mixture of falsehood. --Locke. [1913 Webster] Note: Hence: [1913 Webster] 5. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged. [1913 Webster] The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case. --D. Daggett. [1913 Webster] In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way. --E. Everett. [1913 Webster] 6. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint. [1913 Webster] 7. Free; unrestrained; unconfined. [1913 Webster] As broad and general as the casing air. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 8. (Fine Arts) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth. [1913 Webster] 9. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor. [1913 Webster] 10. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent. [1913 Webster] Note: Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide, large, etc.; as, broad-chested, broad-shouldered, broad-spreading, broad-winged. [1913 Webster] Broad acres. See under Acre. Broad arrow, originally a pheon. See Pheon, and Broad arrow under Arrow. As broad as long, having the length equal to the breadth; hence, the same one way as another; coming to the same result by different ways or processes. [1913 Webster] It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others, or bring others down to them. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] Broad pennant. See under Pennant. [1913 Webster] Syn: Wide; large; ample; expanded; spacious; roomy; extensive; vast; comprehensive; liberal. [1913 Webster] | ||
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Broad \Broad\, n. 1. The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar. [1913 Webster] 2. The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen. [Local, Eng.] --Southey. [1913 Webster] 3. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. --Knight. [1913 Webster] 4. A woman, especially one who is sexually promiscuous; -- usually considered offensive. [slang] [PJC] broad-axe Broadaxe Broadax | ||
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