Sekirov Dictionary

wide

/waɪd/

adjective 11
adverb 4
noun 1
forms 5
phrases 6

adjective11

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large from side to side
- We walked down a wide corridor.
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Large in scope.
- The inquiry had a wide remit.
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On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
- Two balls before lunch, he bowled a wide.
- Too bad! That was a great passing-shot, but it's wide.
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Operating at the side of the playing area.
- That team needs a decent wide player.
Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
(slang, offensive) Overweight, obese.
(UK, slang) Sharp-witted.
(old-fashioned) Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.
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(Scotland, no longer used) Vast, great in extent, extensive.
- The wide, lifeless expanse.
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(no longer used) Located some distance away; distant, far.
- Mr Hunt's house, you know, lies wide from Harlowe-place. — 1748
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(no longer used) Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.
- And I trust anon by the help of an infallible guide, to perfect such Prutenic tables, as shall mend the astronomy of our wide expositors. — 1643

adverb4

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So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.
- And with his knee the dore he opens wide — 1594
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Completely.
- He was wide awake.
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Away from or to one side of a given goal.
- The arrow fell wide of the mark.
- A few shots were fired but they all went wide.
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Extensively.
- He travelled far and wide.

noun1

A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score

forms

wides · more wide · wider · most wide · widest

Phrases with wide

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