Definition of wide

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Wide (superl.) Of a certain measure between the sides; measuring in a direction at right angles to that of length; as, a table three feet wide..

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Extreme :: Extreme (a.) At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit..
Choker :: Choker (n.) A stiff wide cravat; a stock.
Polymorphism :: Polymorphism (n.) The capability of assuming different forms; the capability of widely varying in form.
Dalmatic :: Dalmatic (n.) A vestment with wide sleeves, and with two stripes, worn at Mass by deacons, and by bishops at pontifical Mass; -- imitated from a dress originally worn in Dalmatia..
Mica :: Mica (n.) The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in composition, and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to green or black. The transparent forms are used in lanterns, the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly called isinglass. Formerly called also cat-silver, and glimmer..
Scuttle :: Scuttle (n.) A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.
Spread :: Spread (v. t.) To extend so as to cover something; to extend to a great or grater extent in every direction; to cause to fill or cover a wide or wider space.
Stock :: Stock (n.) A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a silk stock..
Catgut :: Catgut (n.) A sort of linen or canvas, with wide interstices..
Lecithin :: Lecithin (n.) A complex, nitrogenous phosphorized substance widely distributed through the animal body, and especially conspicuous in the brain and nerve tissue, in yolk of eggs, and in the white blood corpuscles..
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..
Swift :: Swift (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family Micropodidae. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds..
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..
Open-eyed :: Open-eyed (a.) With eyes widely open; watchful; vigilant.
Grasp :: Grasp (n.) Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey.
Levulose :: Levulose (n.) A sirupy variety of sugar, rarely obtained crystallized, occurring widely in honey, ripe fruits, etc., and hence called also fruit sugar. It is called levulose, because it rotates the plane of polarization to the left..
Slick :: Slick (n.) A wide paring chisel.
Diffuse :: Diffuse (a.) Poured out; widely spread; not restrained; copious; full; esp., of style, opposed to concise or terse; verbose; prolix; as, a diffuse style; a diffuse writer..
Widening :: Widening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wide.
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..
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