Definition of wide

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Wide (adv.) So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose; aside; astray..

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Flax-plant :: Flax-plant (n.) A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two inches wide and several feet long, and furnish a fiber which is used for making ropes, mats, and coarse cloth..
Bearing :: Bearing (n.) The widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer.
Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; -- distinguished from wide; as e (eve) and / (f/d), etc., from i (ill) and / (f/t), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 13..
Broad :: Broad (superl.) Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean..
Straggle :: Straggle (v. t.) To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth..
Hammock :: Hammock (n.) A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends..
Broadcast :: Broadcast (adv.) So as to scatter or be scattered in all directions; so as to spread widely, as seed from the hand in sowing, or news from the press..
Wideness :: Wideness (n.) The quality or state of being wide; breadth; width; great extent from side to side; as, the wideness of a room..
Straddle :: Straddle (n.) The position, or the distance between the feet, of one who straddles; as, a wide straddle..
Stride :: Stride (v. t.) To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
Catgut :: Catgut (n.) A sort of linen or canvas, with wide interstices..
Starer :: Stare (n.) The act of staring; a fixed look with eyes wide open.
Spacious :: Spacious (n.) Extending far and wide; vast in extent.
Proclaim :: Proclaim (v. t.) To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace..
Gasp :: Gasp (v. i.) To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently..
Boomerang :: Boomerang (n.) A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood, from twenty to thirty inches in length, from two to three inches wide, and half or three quarters of an inch thick. When thrown from the hand with a quick rotary motion, it describes very remarkable curves, according to the shape of the instrument and the manner of throwing it, often moving nearly horizontally a long distance, then curving upward t
Muscales :: Muscales (n. pl.) An old name for mosses in the widest sense, including the true mosses and also hepaticae and sphagna..
Navigable :: Navigable (a.) Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels; as, a navigable river..
Struthionine :: Struthiones (n. pl.) In a wider sense, an extensive group of birds including the ostriches, cassowaries, emus, moas, and allied birds incapable of flight. In this sense it is equivalent to Ratitae, or Dromaeognathae..
Encyclopedian :: Encyclopedian (a.) Embracing the whole circle of learning, or a wide range of subjects..
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