Abroad \A*broad"\, adv. [Pref. a- + broad.]

1. At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad.

The fox roams far abroad. --Prior.

2. Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode; as, to walk abroad.

I went to St. James', where another was preaching in the court abroad. --Evelyn.

3. Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as, we have broils at home and enemies abroad. ``Another prince . . . was living abroad.'' --Macaulay.

4. Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely.

He went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter. --Mark i. 45.

To be abroad.
   (a) To be wide of the mark; to be at fault; as, you are all abroad in your guess.
   (b) To be at a loss or nonplused.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)