broad
Noun · AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- slang term for a woman“a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch”
Adjective (8)
- 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”Synonyms: 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”Synonyms: across-the-boardall-embracingall-encompassingall-inclusiveblanket(a)encompassingextensivepanopticwide
- not detailed or specific“a broad rule”“the broad outlines of the plan”“felt an unspecific dread”Synonyms: unspecific
- lacking subtlety; obvious“gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave”Synonyms: unsubtle
- being at a peak or culminating point“broad daylight”“full summer”Synonyms: broad(a)full(a)
- very large in expanse or scope“a broad lawn”“the wide plains”“a spacious view”“spacious skies”Synonyms: spaciouswide
- (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional“a broad southern accent”
- showing or characterized by broad-mindedness“a broad political stance”“generous and broad sympathies”“a liberal newspaper”“tolerant of his opponent's opinions”Synonyms: large-mindedliberaltolerant
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad. [1913 Webster]
2.Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean. [1913 Webster]
3.Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full. "Broad and open day." --Bp. Porteus. [1913 Webster]
4.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. [1913 Webster]
A broad mixture of falsehood.— Locke.[1913 Webster]
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5.Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged. [1913 Webster]
The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case.— D. Daggett.[1913 Webster]
In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way.— E. Everett.[1913 Webster]
6.Plain; evident; as, a broad hint. [1913 Webster]
7.Free; unrestrained; unconfined. [1913 Webster]
As broad and general as the casing air.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
8.(Fine Arts) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth. [1913 Webster]
9.Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor. [1913 Webster]
10.Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent. [1913 Webster]
Note: Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide, large, etc.; as, broad-chested, broad-shouldered, broad-spreading, broad-winged. [1913 Webster]
Broad acres. See under Acre.
Broad arrow, originally a pheon. See Pheon, and Broad arrow under Arrow.
As broad as long, having the length equal to the breadth; hence, the same one way as another; coming to the same result by different ways or processes. [1913 Webster]
It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others, or bring others down to them.— L'Estrange.[1913 Webster]
Broad pennant. See under Pennant. [1913 Webster]
Syn: Wide; large; ample; expanded; spacious; roomy; extensive; vast; comprehensive; liberal. [1913 Webster]
1.The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar. [1913 Webster]
2.The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen. [Local, Eng.] --Southey. [1913 Webster]
3.A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
4.A woman, especially one who is sexually promiscuous; -- usually considered offensive. [slang] [PJC] broad-axe Broadaxe Broadax