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1. (adj.) broad
of great breadth.
2. broad
measured from side to side.
3. broad
of great extent; large:
a broad expanse of water.
4. broad
widely diffused; open; full:
in broad daylight.
5. broad
not limited or narrow; of extensive range or scope:
a broad range of interests; of broad appeal.
6. broad
liberal; tolerant.
7. broad
main or general:
the broad outlines of a subject.
8. broad
plain or clear:
a broad hint.
9. broad
indelicate; indecent.
10. broad
unconfined; free; unrestrained.
11. broad
(of an actor or acting style) using or marked by exaggeration.
12. broad
(of pronunciation) strongly dialectal:
a broad Scots accent.
13. broad
broad a, the a-sound (ä), esp. when used in place of the more common a-sound (a) in such words as half and
can't.
14. (adv.) broad
fully:
broad awake.
15. (n.) broad
the broad part of anything.
16. broad
a woman.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME bro(o)d, OE brād; c. OFris, OS brēd, OHG breit, ON breithr, Go braiths)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) broad
slang term for a woman
"a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch"
2. (adj) wide, broad
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
"wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river"
3. (adj) across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide
broad in scope or content
"across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers"
4. (adj) broad, unspecific
not detailed or specific
"a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread"
5. (adj) broad, unsubtle
lacking subtlety; obvious
"gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave"
6. (adj) broad(a), full(a)
being at a peak or culminating point
"broad daylight"; "full summer"
7. (adj) broad, spacious, wide
very large in expanse or scope
"a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"
8. (adj) broad
(of speech) heavily and noticeably regional
"a broad southern accent"
9. (adj) broad, large-minded, liberal, tolerant
showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
"a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
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1. (adjective) broad
≠ narrow
broad shoulders; a broad tree-lined avenue
2. broad
having or including a wide range of people or things
a broad range of music
3. broad
broad-minded
≠ narrow-minded
4. broad
general or approximate
a broad description/outline
5. broad
***(of an accent) very strong
a broad northern accent
6. broad
in broad daylight
during the daytime
The robbery took place in broad daylight.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Broad
the broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar
2. (noun) Broad
the spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen
3. (noun) Broad
a lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders
4. Broad
wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad
5. Broad
extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean
6. Broad
extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full
7. Broad
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
8. Broad
comprehensive; liberal; enlarged
9. Broad
plain; evident; as, a broad hint
10. Broad
free; unrestrained; unconfined
11. Broad
characterized by breadth. See Breadth
12. Broad
cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor
13. Broad
strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent
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Sense: wide; great in size from side to side
a broad street.
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 Afrikaans: wyd |
 Arabic: واسِعٌ، عَريضٌ |
 Bulgarian: широк |
 Brazilian: largo |
 Czech: široký |
 German: breit |
 Danish: bred |
 Greek: φαρδύς |
 Spanish: ancho |
 Estonian: lai |
 Farsi: پهن؛ عریض |
 Finnish: leveä |
 French: large |
 Hebrew: רָחַב |
 Hindi: विस्तृत |
 Croatian: širok |
 Hungarian: széles |
 Indonesian: lebar |
 Italian: largo |
 Japanese: 広い |
 Korean: 폭이 넓은 |
 Lithuanian: platus |
 Latvian: plats |
 Malay: lebar |
 Dutch: breed |
 Norwegian: bred, vid |
 Polish: szeroki |
 Persian: پهن؛ عریض |
 Pashto: پنډ، سورور، ارت |
 Portuguese: largo |
 Romanian: larg |
 Russian: широкий |
 Slovak: široký |
 Slovenian: širok |
 Serbian: širok |
 Swedish: bred |
 Thai: กว้าง |
 Turkish: geniş, enli |
 Taiwanese: 寬闊的 |
 Ukrainian: широкий, просторий |
 Urdu: چوڑا |
 Vietnamese: rộng |
 Chinese: 宽阔的 |
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