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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"
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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.
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2. Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad
expanse of ocean.
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3. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
"Broad and open day." --Bp. Porteus.
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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.
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A broad mixture of falsehood. --Locke.
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Note: Hence:
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5. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
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The words in the Constitution are broad enough to
include the case. --D. Daggett.
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In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way. --E.
Everett.
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6. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
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7. Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
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As broad and general as the casing air. --Shak.
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8. (Fine Arts) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
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9. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad
joke; broad humor.
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10. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
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Note: Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide,
large, etc.; as, broad-chested, broad-shouldered,
broad-spreading, broad-winged.
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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.
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It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others,
or bring others down to them. --L'Estrange.
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Broad pennant. See under Pennant.
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Syn: Wide; large; ample; expanded; spacious; roomy;
extensive; vast; comprehensive; liberal.
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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.
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2. The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded
fen. [Local, Eng.] --Southey.
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3. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of
cylinders. --Knight.
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4. A woman, especially one who is sexually promiscuous; --
usually considered offensive. [slang]
[PJC] broad-axe
Broadaxe
Broadax
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Thesaurus Results for broad:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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