Definition of wide

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Wide (adv.) So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose; aside; astray..

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Wide-awake :: Wide-awake (a.) Fully awake; not drowsy or dull; hence, knowing; keen; alert..
Bell-shaped :: Bell-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a wide-mouthed bell; campanulate.
Poke :: Poke (n.) A long, wide sleeve; -- called also poke sleeve..
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..
Anagram :: Anagram (n.) Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law..
Wide :: 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..
Inulin :: Inulin (n.) A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other plants, as Inula, Helianthus, Campanula, etc., and is extracted by solution as a tasteless, white, semicrystalline substance, resembling starch, with which it is isomeric. It is intermediate in nature between starch and sugar. Called also dahlin, helenin, alantin, etc..
Fly :: Fly (a.) Knowing; wide awake; fully understanding another's meaning.
Distant :: Distant (a.) Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity..
Wideness :: Wideness (n.) The quality or state of being wide; breadth; width; great extent from side to side; as, the wideness of a room..
Far :: Far (adv.) To a great extent or distance of space; widely; as, we are separated far from each other..
Yawn :: Yawn (v. i.) To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit of anything..
Histohaematin :: Histohaematin (n.) One of a class of respiratory pigments, widely distributed in the animal kingdom, capable of ready oxidation and reduction..
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..
Encyclopedian :: Encyclopedian (a.) Embracing the whole circle of learning, or a wide range of subjects..
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..
Wide :: Wide (adv.) So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.
Discursive :: Discursive (a.) Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory.
Platy- :: Platy- () A combining form from Gr. platy`s broad, wide, flat; as, platypus, platycephalous..
Proclaim :: Proclaim (v. t.) To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace..
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