Definition of wide

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Wide (adv.) To a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent; as, his fame was spread wide..

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Blazon :: Blazon (v. t.) To depict in colors; to display; to exhibit conspicuously; to publish or make public far and wide.
Divaricate :: Divaricate (a.) Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc..
Lagophthalmos :: Lagophthalmos (n.) A morbid condition in which the eye stands wide open, giving a peculiar staring appearance..
Gape :: Gape (v. i.) To pen or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or hiatus..
Broaden :: Broaden (a.) To grow broad; to become broader or wider.
Distant :: Distant (a.) Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity..
Aurochs :: Aurochs (n.) The European bison (Bison bonasus, / Europaeus), once widely distributed, but now nearly extinct, except where protected in the Lithuanian forests, and perhaps in the Caucasus. It is distinct from the Urus of Caesar, with which it has often been confused..
Wide :: Wide (superl.) Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the mouth organs; -- opposed to primary as used by Mr. Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr. Sweet. The effect, as explained by Mr. Bell, is due to the relaxation or tension of the pharynx; as explained by Mr. Sweet and others, it is due to the action of the tongue. The wide of / (/ve) is / (/ll); of a (ate) is / (/nd), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 13-15..
Saccharate :: Saccharate (n.) In a wider sense, a compound of saccharose, or any similar carbohydrate, with such bases as the oxides of calcium, barium, or lead; a sucrate..
Rubidium :: Rubidium (n.) A rare metallic element. It occurs quite widely, but in small quantities, and always combined. It is isolated as a soft yellowish white metal, analogous to potassium in most of its properties. Symbol Rb. Atomic weight, 85.2..
Boottree :: Boottree (n.) An instrument to stretch and widen the leg of a boot, consisting of two pieces, together shaped like a leg, between which, when put into the boot, a wedge is driven..
Prospect :: Prospect (v.) Especially, a picturesque or widely extended view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape..
Shawnees :: Shawnees (n. pl.) A tribe of North American Indians who occupied Western New York and part of Ohio, but were driven away and widely dispersed by the Iroquois..
Widish :: Widish (a.) Moderately wide.
Widening :: Widening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wide.
Olla :: Olla (n.) A pot or jar having a wide mouth; a cinerary urn, especially one of baked clay..
Broad :: Broad (superl.) Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean..
Widen :: Widen (v. t.) To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking..
Catastrophe :: Catastrophe (n.) A violent and widely extended change in the surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part of it, effected by internal causes..
Scuttle :: Scuttle (n.) A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.
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