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Side

noun

1.

A place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location. "He never left my side"

2.

One of two or more contesting groups.

3.

Either the left or right half of a body.

4.

A surface forming part of the outside of an object. Synonym: face. "Dew dripped from the face of the leaf"

5.

An extended outer surface of an object. "They painted all four sides of the house"

6.

An aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect). "He is on the purchasing side of the business" , "It brought out his better side"

7.

A line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure.

8.

A family line of descent.

9.

A lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food. Synonym: side of meat.

10.

An opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute. Synonym: position.

11.

An elevated geological formation. Synonyms: incline, slope. "The house was built on the side of a mountain"

12.

(sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist. Synonym: English.

verb

(past & past part. sided; pres. part. siding)

1.

Take sides for or against. "I'm siding against the current candidate"

adjective

1.

Located on a side. "The side porch"

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"Side" Quotes from Famous Books

... made easy speed. Emerging by the Free Market, it met an open hack carrying six men. At the moment every one was cringing in a squall of dust, but as well as could be seen these six were the driver, a colored servant at his side, an artillery corporal, and three officers. Some army wagons hauling pine-knots to the fire-fleet compelled both carriages to check up. Thereupon, the gust passing and Victorine getting a better glance at the men, she tossed both hands, gave a stifled cry ...

— Kincaid's Battery • George W. Cable

... made her way back to the loch-side, where Mr. and Mrs. Heron were still reposing. But her steps lagged, and her face did not recover its usual colour as she went home, for, as she had said, she was tired—strangely and unnaturally tired—and it was with a feeling of relief that she locked ...

— Under False Pretences - A Novel • Adeline Sergeant

... the stocks were in general use amongst the Anglo-Saxons, for they often figure in drawings of their public places. The picture we here give is from the Harleian MSS., No. 65. The stocks were usually placed by the side of the public road, at the entrance of a town. It will be observed that two offenders are fastened to the columns of a public building by means of a rope or chain. It has been suggested ...

— Bygone Punishments • William Andrews

... between them just gave him room enough to move his body along; and the cleft being of a uniform width from side to side, he could get out on either side he ...

— The Plant Hunters - Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains • Mayne Reid

... WISE!" where I saw a company such as in the world had been confirmators. From these I returned to the first, where there were judges influenced by friendship and gifts, and who were proclaimed "Just." On one side I saw as it were an amphitheatre built of brick, and covered with black slates; and I was told that they called it a tribunal. There were three entrances to it on the north, and three on the west, but none on the south and east; a proof that their decisions were not those ...

— The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love • Emanuel Swedenborg

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