Definitions for broad
brɔdbroad

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. broad(adj)

   slang term for a woman

   "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch"

2. wide, broad(adj)

   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. across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide(adj)

   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. broad, unspecific(adj)

   not detailed or specific

   "a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread"

5. broad, unsubtle(adj)

   lacking subtlety; obvious

   "gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave"

6. broad(a), full(a)(adj)

   being at a peak or culminating point

   "broad daylight"; "full summer"

7. broad, spacious, wide(adj)

   very large in expanse or scope

   "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"

8. broad(adj)

   (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional

   "a broad southern accent"

9. broad, large-minded, liberal, tolerant(adj)

   showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

   "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. broad(Noun)

   A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.

2. broad(Noun)

   A woman or girl.

   Who was that broad I saw you with?

3. broad(Noun)

   A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.

4. broad(Adjective)

   Wide in extent or scope.

5. broad(Adjective)

   Having a specified width (e.g. 3 ft broad).

6. broad(Adjective)

   Strongly regional.

7. broad(Adjective)

   Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.

Origin: From brood, brode, from brad, from braidaz, of uncertain origin. Possibly from (s)prei-. Cognate with braid, breed, bred, breed, breit, bred, breiður.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Broad

   wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad

2. Broad

   extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean

3. Broad

   extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full

4. 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

5. Broad

   comprehensive; liberal; enlarged

6. Broad

   plain; evident; as, a broad hint

7. Broad

   free; unrestrained; unconfined

8. Broad

   characterized by breadth. See Breadth

9. Broad

   cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor

10. Broad

    strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent

11. Broad(noun)

    the broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar

12. Broad(noun)

    the spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen

13. Broad(noun)

    a lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders

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1. Broad

   The Broad was a British coin worth 20 shillings issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656. It was a milled gold coin weighing 9.0–9.1 grams, with a diameter of 29 or 30 millimetres, designed by Thomas Simon. The obverse of the coin depicts the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell as a laureated Roman emperor, with the inscription OLIVAR D G R P ANG SCO HIB &c PRO -- Oliver, by the Grace of God, Protector of the Republic of England, Scotland, Ireland, etc., -- while the reverse shows a crowned shield depicting the arms of the Commonwealth with the inscription PAX QVAERITVR BELLO 1656 -- Peace is sought through war. The current value of the coin in "very fine" to "extremely fine" condition is £3500 to £6000 as the pieces are very rare, but normally fairly unworn, although a Mr Pinkerton, writing at the time that the coins circulated, noted that many of the coins in circulation were so worn as to be almost flat. A piedfort version of the coin with an edge inscription is known as a Fifty shilling piece. This is extremely rare, and there are very few examples as it is probably a pattern.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Broad

   brawd, 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. [A.S. brád, Goth. braids.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'broad' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2113

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'broad' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3008

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'broad' in Adjectives Frequency: #197

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of broad in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of broad in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of broad in a Sentence

1. Stephen Luparello:

   I think there will be broad-based support.

2. Kathy Fairbanks:

   We expect to have a broad coalition in the near future.

3. Lutz Hagen:

   It's already a broad movement and could become even broader.

4. Vassili Serebriakov:

   It’s been a fairly broad trend of dollar selling this week.

5. Democratic Senator Charles Schumer:

   There's a broad feeling we have to do something against China.

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