BROAD
\bɹˈɔːd], \bɹˈɔːd], \b_ɹ_ˈɔː_d]\
Definitions of BROAD
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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slang term for a woman; "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch"
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lacking subtlety; obvious; "gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave"
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not detailed or specific; "a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread"
By Princeton University
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slang term for a woman; "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch"
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lacking subtlety; obvious; "gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave"
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not detailed or specific; "a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
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Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
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Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
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Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
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Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
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Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
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Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
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Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
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The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
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The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
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A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
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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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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.
By Oddity Software
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Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
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Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
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Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
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Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
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Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
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Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
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Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
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Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
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The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
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The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
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A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
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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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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Wide; ample; vast; liberal; as, broad opinions; widely distributed; open; clear; unrestrained; evident; bold; as, a broad hint; indelicate.
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Broadly.
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Broadness.
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Broadest.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Broadly.
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Broadness.
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Extended in width; wide; vast.
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Comprehensive; catholic; liberal; tolerant.
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Strong, rude, or coarse, as speech.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Wide; large; extensive; vast; not narrow; liberal; full; open; unconfined; bold; gross; indelicate. It is as broad as it is long, the same, whichever way. Broad church, that section of the Protestant Church which inclines to liberal opinions, and is opposed to those who would narrow either spirit or form. Broad-gauge, distance more than 4 ft. 8 1/2 in. between the rails of a railway.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Any body is so termed whose transverse extent is considerable compared with its length. The Broad Bones, such as the frontal, parietal, occipital, iliac, aid in forming the parietes of splanchnic cavities. Broad Muscles generally occupy the parietes of cavities, and especially those of the chest and abdomen. The epithet has also been applied to other parts-as to the broad ligaments of the womb, &c.
By Robley Dunglison
