Broad
[brɔːd] or [brɔd]
Definition
(noun.) slang term for a woman; 'a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch'.
(adj.) showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; 'a broad political stance'; 'generous and broad sympathies'; 'a liberal newspaper'; 'tolerant of his opponent's opinions' .
(adj.) lacking subtlety; obvious; 'gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave' .
(adj.) not detailed or specific; 'a broad rule'; 'the broad outlines of the plan'; 'felt an unspecific dread' .
(adj.) (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional; 'a broad southern accent' .
(adj.) very large in expanse or scope; 'a broad lawn'; 'the wide plains'; 'a spacious view'; 'spacious skies' .
(adj.) being at a peak or culminating point; 'broad daylight'; 'full summer' .
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Definition
(superl.) Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
(superl.) Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
(superl.) Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
(superl.) 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.
(superl.) Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
(superl.) Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
(superl.) Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
(superl.) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
(superl.) Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
(superl.) Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
(n.) The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
(n.) The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
(n.) A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Wide.[2]. Large, ample, extensive, expanded, extended, vast.[3]. Spread, diffused, open.[4]. Gross, coarse, indelicate, vulgar, obscene.
Checker: Spenser
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Wide, extensive, expansive, ample, liberal, comprehensive, unreserved,indelicate, coarse, generic
ANT:Narrow, restricted, confined, limited, bigoted, prejudiced, illiberal,narrow-minded, reserved, veiled, enigmatical, shrouded, shaded, refined,delicate, sketchy, specific, pointed
Inputed by Julio
Definition
adj. wide: large free or open: outspoken: coarse indelicate: of pronunciation e.g. a broad accent.—advs. Broad Broad′ly.—ns. Broad′-ar′row a mark thus (
) stamped on materials belonging to Government; Broad′-brim a hat with a broad brim such as those worn by Quakers: (coll.) a Quaker.—adj. Broad′cast scattered or sown abroad by the hand: dispersed widely.—adv. by throwing at large from the hand only in phrases as 'to scatter broadcast ' &c.—v.t. to scatter freely.—n. Broad′cloth a fine kind of woollen fulled cloth used for men's garments.—v.t. Broad′en to make broad or broader.—v.i. to grow broad or extend in breadth.—adj. Broad′-eyed (Shak.) having a wide or extended survey.—ns. Broad′-gauge (see Gauge); Broad′ness.—n.pl. Broads lake-like expansions of rivers.—ns. Broad′side the side of a ship: all the guns on one side of a ship of war or their simultaneous discharge: a sheet of paper printed on one side otherwise named Broad′sheet; Broad′sword a cutting sword with a broad blade: a man armed with such a sword.—Broad Church a party within the Church of England which advocates a broad and liberal interpretation of dogmatic definitions and creed subscription—the name was first used in 1833 by W. J. Conybeare.
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Examples
- My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things seems to me to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- There was a broad swath in the snow where the man dragged with a scarlet streak along one side of it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He dropped the curtains over the broad window and regal moon. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He had a broad straw hat on, with a violet-coloured ribbon round it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The man to whom Pilar spoke was short and heavy, brownfaced, with broad cheekbones; gray haired, with wide-set yellowbrown eyes, a thin-bridged, hooked nose like an Indian's, a long Upper lip and a wide, thin mouth. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The broad problem which he set himself was to provide handsome and practically indestructible detached houses, which could be taken by wage-earners at very moderate monthly rentals. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Wait till broad daylight, sir, when every one is stirring. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- If they do not themselves find it out, I see no reason why I should prompt them to take a broader point of view. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Nomadism cuts men off from fixed temples and intense local associations; they take a broader and simpler view of the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Then it soared higher, and grew broader and brighter. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It is simply a cursory view of the century in the field of invention, intended to present the broader bird’s-eye view of progress achieved. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The intermingling in the school of youth of different races, differing religions, and unlike customs creates for all a new and broader environment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- They lacked that broader faith and understanding which induces men simply to study the stars. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Common subject matter accustoms all to a unity of outlook upon a broader horizon than is visible to the members of any group while it is isolated. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- This information--extracted from a long rambling answer in the broadest Cumberland dialect--told me all that I most wanted to know. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- These people here live in the heaviest, highest, broadest, darkest, solidest houses one can imagine. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They speak with the broadest accent of the district. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The outermost had the rim broadest, and the inner whorls were smaller and smaller, and had their rims narrower. Plato. The Republic.
- Education, in its broadest sense, is the means of this social continuity of life. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Looking at it from the broadest view there can be no other decision. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Donnithorpe is a little hamlet just to the north of Langmere, in the country of the Broads. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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