Meaning of wide | Babel Free

Definitions

1. wide; broad
2. Having a large physical extent from side to side.
3. proud
4. Large in scope.
5. A ball bowled outside of the batsman's reach, counting as a run for the batting team in cricket.
6. width, breadth, span
7. Overweight, obese.
   derogatory, humorous, slang
8. a combining form of wide, forming from nouns adjectives with the sense “extending or applying throughout a given space,” as specified by the noun: communitywide; countrywide; worldwide.
9. first-person singular present indicative of anchar
10. Operating at the side of the playing area.
11. A ball bowled so wide or high that the batsman cannot reach it. A run is added to the score and an extra ball added to the over.
12. On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
13. with a great distance from top to bottom or side to side. He opened his eyes wide. wyd فاغِر العَيْنَيْن широко completamente široce weit vidt πλατιάcompletamente pärani عريض ammollaan tout grand רחב पूरा-पूरा širom szélesre (kitár stb.) lebar-lebar upp á gátt completamente 大きく開いて 넓게 벌려 plačiai plati; plaši; tālu lebar wijd vidtszeroko ډير ليرى completamente mare; larg широко široko široko široko vitt, på vid gavel โดยกว้าง geniş, tamamen, ardına kadar (眼睛)張大地 широко کشادہ rộng ra （眼睛）张得很大地
14. Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.
    dated
15. wyd بصورَةٍ واسِعَه، على وُسْعِه широко completamente široce weit vidt πλατιά, ευρύτατα ampliamente laialt وسیع leveästi largement בְּמִרווַחִים גְדוֹלִים दूर तक široko széles körben; nagyon secara meluas víða; mjög, afar completamente 広く 널리 plačiai plaši; lielā mērā dengan lebar; dengan luas wijd bredt, vidt; over alt; i stor utstrekningszeroko په پراختيا، ليرې: لوى واټن، له نخښې، مقصد رښتيا نه خطاء completamente în mare măsură, conside­rabil широко; очень široko široko široko brett, vitt อย...
16. Vast, great in extent, extensive.
    Northern-England, Scotland, archaic
17. to make, or become, wide or wider. They have widened the road; The lane widens here. verwyd, wyd maak يُوَسِّع разширявам alargar rozšířit (se) verbreitern gøre bredere; blive bredere πλαταίνω, φαρδαίνωensanchar, ampliar, extender laiendama, laienema گشاد کردن leventää élargir לְהַרחִיב चौड़ाना raširiti (ki)szélesít melebarkan víkka allargare, allargarsi 広げる 넓히다 platinti, platėti paplatināt; paplašināt; paplatināties; paplašināties menjadi lebar; melebarkan verwijdenutvide, gjøre bredereposze...
18. Located some distance away; distant, far.
    obsolete
19. wydheid إتِّساع ширина largura šířka die Weite bredde; vidde ευρύτητα, πλάτοςanchura avarus عرض laajuus largeurרוחב व्यापकता širina vminek a széles/nagy/terjedelmes volta keluasan breidd, vídd larghezza, ampiezza 広さ 광대함 platumas platums; plašums keluasan wijdte bredde, viddeszerokość عرض largura lărgime широта; ширина šírka širina širina bredd, vidd การขยายออก genişlik 寬闊 широта چوڑاءی chiều rộng 扩大
20. Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.
    obsolete
21. (of interests etc) covering a large number of subjects etc. verreikend واسِع المَدى с широк обсег alargado široký vielfältig vidtspændende πλατύς, ευρύτατος de gran alcance, muy diversos mitmekülgne گسترده laaja-alainen varié טְווָח רַחָב विविध širok széles körű mencakup banyak hal víðtækur, yfirgripsmikill vario 広範囲の 광범위한 įvairus, platus plašs; daudzpusīgs berbagai-bagai; beraneka van grote omvang vidtfavnende o dużej rozpiętości, szeroki پراخوالى alrgado variat обширный široký pester raznov...
    etc
22. Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
23. spread over a large area or among many people. widespread hunger and disease. wydverspreid واسِع الإنْتِشار широко разпространен alastrado rozšířený weitverbreitet udbredt πλατιά διαδεδομένος extendido, generalizado laiaulatuslik گسترده laajalle levinnyt très répandu נרחב व्यापक proširen széles körben elterjedt tersebar luas útbreiddur; algengur, almennur diffuso 広範囲にわたる 광범하게 퍼진 plačiai paplitęs/nusidriekęs plaši izplatīts/izplatījies meluas wijdverspreidutbredt, vidstrakt rozpowszechniony خپ...
24. Sharp-witted.
    British, slang
25. to keep well away from. I give people with colds a wide berth / give a wide berth to people with colds. ver vermy يَبْتَعِد، يَبْقى بعيدا عَن страня от manter-se afastado zdaleka se vyhnout einen Bogen machen um gå langt uden om κρατιέμαι σε απόσταση, αποφεύγω evitar a alguien/algo eemale hoidma دور نگه داشتن از pysyä kaukana se tenir à bonne distance (de) לְהִתרַחֵק दूर रखना držati se podalje nagy ívben elkerül vkit menjauhi halda sig í fjarlægð frá , evitare ～に近付かない 거리를 두다 šalintis ko, laik...

Equivalents

Examples

“We walked down a wide corridor.”

“Over a wider region either side of the path of totality, a partial eclipse is seen.”

“Former Vice President Joe Biden's lead in the race for the Democratic nomination for president has rebounded, and now stands at its widest margin since April, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.”

“The inquiry had a wide remit.”

“The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.”

“Three-way girls offered the widest array of services. One twenty-two-year-old prostitute declared to an undercover vice investigator in New York City, "I am a three-way girl."”

“Lizzo, who is known for messages of self-love and wider acceptance, has recently said as much as she shared that she is encouraging a stance of body neutrality for herself and others.”

“That team needs a decent wide player.”

“Two balls before lunch, he bowled a wide.”

“Too bad! That was a great passing-shot, but it's wide.”

“Surely he shoots wide on the Bow-Hand.”

“I was but two bows wide.”

“The wide, lifeless expanse.”

“Mr Hunt's house, you know, lies wide from Harlowe-place.”

“the contrary [being] so wide from the truth of Scripture and the attributes of God”

“And I trust anon by the help of an infallible guide, to perfect such Prutenic tables, as shall mend the astronomy of our wide expositors.”

“But I tell you, it is farre wyde, that the people haue ſuche iudgmentes, the Byſhoppes they coulde laughe at it.”

“How wide is all this long pretence!”

“a wide character; a wide stream”

“But the first visitor to penetrate from the outside world proved to be Sergeant Williams; large and pink and scrubbed-looking; and for a little while Grant forgot about battles long ago and considered wide boys alive today.”

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