What does broad mean?
Definitions for broad
brɔdbroad
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word broad.
Princeton's WordNet
broad(adj)
slang term for a woman
"a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch"
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"
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"
broad, unspecific(adj)
not detailed or specific
"a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread"
broad, unsubtle(adj)
lacking subtlety; obvious
"gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave"
broad(a), full(a)(adj)
being at a peak or culminating point
"broad daylight"; "full summer"
broad, spacious, wide(adj)
very large in expanse or scope
"a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"
broad(adj)
(of speech) heavily and noticeably regional
"a broad southern accent"
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
broad(Noun)
A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
Etymology: From brood, brode, from brad, from braidaz, of uncertain origin. Possibly from (s)prei-. Cognate with braid, breed, bred, breed, breit, bred, breiður.
broad(Noun)
A woman or girl.
Who was that broad I saw you with?
Etymology: From brood, brode, from brad, from braidaz, of uncertain origin. Possibly from (s)prei-. Cognate with braid, breed, bred, breed, breit, bred, breiður.
broad(Noun)
A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
Etymology: From brood, brode, from brad, from braidaz, of uncertain origin. Possibly from (s)prei-. Cognate with braid, breed, bred, breed, breit, bred, breiður.
broad(Adjective)
Wide in extent or scope.
Etymology: From brood, brode, from brad, from braidaz, of uncertain origin. Possibly from (s)prei-. Cognate with braid, breed, bred, breed, breit, bred, breiður.
broad(Adjective)
Having a specified width (e.g. 3 ft broad).
Etymology: From brood, brode, from brad, from braidaz, of uncertain origin. Possibly from (s)prei-. Cognate with braid, breed, bred, breed, breit, bred, breiður.
broad(Adjective)
Strongly regional.
Etymology: From brood, brode, from brad, from braidaz, of uncertain origin. Possibly from (s)prei-. Cognate with braid, breed, bred, breed, breit, bred, breiður.
broad(Adjective)
Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.
Etymology: 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
Broad
wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad
Broad
extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean
Broad
extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full
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
Broad
comprehensive; liberal; enlarged
Broad
plain; evident; as, a broad hint
Broad
free; unrestrained; unconfined
Broad
characterized by breadth. See Breadth
Broad
cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor
Broad
strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent
Broad(noun)
the broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar
Broad(noun)
the spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen
Broad(noun)
a lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders
Freebase
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
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.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
broad
If the tressing in or tuck of a ship's quarter under water hangs deep, or is overfull, they say she has a fat quarter.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'broad' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2113
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'broad' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3008
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'broad' in Adjectives Frequency: #197
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of broad in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of broad in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of broad in a Sentence
We welcome the fact that VW appears to be pursuing a broad compensation program.
We're seeing pretty broad-based selling today. It looks like investors are getting a little nervous ahead of tomorrow's U.S. jobs report.
There's been a lot of confusion about where people should wear masks, and where there's confusion, people just disengage and don't wear them, the British government's why( some countries) are moving to a broad, blanket policy.
I'm grateful to get the opportunity to get my message out to a broad new audience in a new way, i think it's great that The 1975 is so strongly engaged in the climate crisis. We quickly need to get people in all branches of society to get involved.
We are expecting to see rapid intensification over the next 12 to 24 hours, it's really important that people understand this is a very serious cyclone. Not only is it very intense, it's very large, it covers a broad area, so people are going to be impacted by it.
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- واسعArabic
- широкBulgarian
- širokýCzech
- bredDanish
- breit, Weib, BrautGerman
- ευρύςGreek
- pava, piba, anchoSpanish
- پهنPersian
- leveä, lyyliFinnish
- gonzesse, meuf, fort, largeFrench
- a leudScottish Gaelic
- ampioItalian
- 女, 助, 広いですJapanese
- ვრცელიGeorgian
- 계집애, 여자, 강하다, 노골적Korean
- широкMacedonian
- breedDutch
- szerokiPolish
- largo, amploPortuguese
- девка, в ширину, бабаRussian
- bred, tjejSwedish
- genişTurkish
- ברייטYiddish
- 广阔Chinese
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