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Wide

adjective

(compar. wider; superl. widest)

1.

Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other. Synonym: broad. "A wide necktie" , "Wide margins" , "Three feet wide" , "A river two miles broad" , "Broad shoulders" , "A broad river"

2.

Broad in scope or content. Synonyms: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic. "An all-embracing definition" , "Blanket sanctions against human-rights violators" , "An invention with broad applications" , "A panoptic study of Soviet nationality" , "Granted him wide powers"

3.

(used of eyes) fully open or extended. Synonym: wide-eyed.

4.

Very large in expanse or scope. Synonyms: broad, spacious. "The wide plains" , "A spacious view" , "Spacious skies"

5.

Great in degree.

6.

Having ample fabric. Synonyms: full, wide-cut. "A full skirt"

7.

Not on target. Synonym: wide of the mark. "The arrow was wide of the mark" , "A claim that was wide of the truth"

adverb

1.

With or by a broad space. "Ran wide around left end"

2.

To the fullest extent possible. "With the throttle wide open"

3.

Far from the intended target. Synonym: astray. "A bullet went astray and killed a bystander"

4.

To or over a great extent or range; far. Synonym: widely. "He traveled widely"

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"Wide" Quotes from Famous Books

... to his sister's country house, under the care of a trusty old servant, General D'Hubert was spared the humiliating contacts and the perplexities of conduct which assailed the men of the Napoleonic empire at the moment of its downfall. Lying in his bed with the windows of his room open wide to the sunshine of Provence, he perceived at last the undisguised aspect of the blessing conveyed by that jagged fragment of a Prussian shell which, killing his horse and ripping open his thigh, saved him from an active conflict ...

— The Point Of Honor - A Military Tale • Joseph Conrad

... Leaving my home in a hurry, armed, however, as usual, I walked rapidly through Strada Giulia toward the Palazzo Farnese, not expecting to meet anybody at that hour of day. I had reached the end of the street and was making toward the palace, when, my habit being always to turn the corners wide, I observed the Corsican get up and take his station in the middle of the road. Being prepared, I was not in the least disconcerted; but kept upon my guard, and slackening pace a little, drew nearer toward the wall, in order to give the ...

— The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini • Benvenuto Cellini

... the growing dusk effaced the line of the land more rapidly than our progress made it distinct. She said nothing more, she only looked in front of her; but her very quietness made me want to say something suggestive of sympathy and service. I was unable to think what to say—some things seemed too wide of the mark and others too importunate. At last, unexpectedly, she appeared to give me my chance. ...

— A London Life; The Patagonia; The Liar; Mrs. Temperly • Henry James

... make a bit of money. He told me with grim humour of the time he had spent acting as guide to Cockneys who wanted to see the night side of life in Paris; it was an occupation that appealed to his sardonic temper and somehow or other he had acquired a wide acquaintance with the more disreputable quarters of the city. He told me of the long hours he spent walking about the Boulevard de la Madeleine on the look-out for Englishmen, preferably the worse for liquor, who desired to see things which the law forbade. When in luck he was able to make a tidy ...

— The Moon and Sixpence • W. Somerset Maugham

... thou hast not tied my girdle," she protested, as she backed away from him, her eyes wide like a terrified deer's. ...

— Witch-Doctors • Charles Beadle

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