Definition of wide

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Wide (superl.) On one side or the other of the mark; too far side-wise from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc..

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Fly :: Fly (a.) Knowing; wide awake; fully understanding another's meaning.
Courser :: Courser (n.) A grallatorial bird of Europe (Cursorius cursor), remarkable for its speed in running. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to running birds of the Ostrich family..
Expansible :: Expansible (a.) Capable of being expanded or spread out widely.
Area :: Area (n.) Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought..
Two-foot :: Two-foot (a.) Measuring two feet; two feet long, thick, or wide; as, a two-foot rule..
Yawn :: Yawn (n.) The act of opening wide, or of gaping..
Homomorphy :: Homomorphy (n.) Similarity of form; resemblance in external characters, while widely different in fundamental structure; resemblance in geometric ground form. See Homophyly, Promorphology..
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..
Wide :: Wide (superl.) Having a great extent every way; extended; spacious; broad; vast; extensive; as, a wide plain; the wide ocean; a wide difference..
Wide :: Wide (superl.) On one side or the other of the mark; too far side-wise from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc..
Wide :: Wide (adv.) To a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent; as, his fame was spread wide..
Extreme :: Extreme (n.) Utmost limit or degree that is supposable or tolerable; hence, furthest degree; any undue departure from the mean; -- often in the plural: things at an extreme distance from each other, the most widely different states, etc.; as, extremes of heat and cold, of virtue and vice; extremes meet..
Choker :: Choker (n.) A stiff wide cravat; a stock.
Miss :: Miss (v. i.) To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true direction.
Broadcast :: Broadcast (a.) Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused..
Widely :: Widely (adv.) In a wide manner; to a wide degree or extent; far; extensively; as, the gospel was widely disseminated by the apostles..
Leaf :: Leaf (n.) Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. (c) The movable side of a table. (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, es
Pampas :: Pampas (n. pl.) Vast plains in the central and southern part of the Argentine Republic in South America. The term is sometimes used in a wider sense for the plains extending from Bolivia to Southern Patagonia.
Bluefish :: Bluefish (n.) A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangidae, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the horse mackerel, in Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack..
Saw-set :: Saw-set (n.) An instrument used to set or turn the teeth of a saw a little sidewise, that they may make a kerf somewhat wider than the thickness of the blade, to prevent friction; -- called also saw-wrest..
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