ENGLISH: wide - CREOLE: laj



Overview of adj wide



The adj wide has 7 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)



1. (45) wide, broad -- (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")

2. (13) across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, 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")

3. (4) wide-eyed, wide -- ((used of eyes) fully open or extended; "stared with wide eyes")

4. (1) broad, spacious, wide -- (very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies")

5. wide -- (great in degree; "won by a wide margin")

6. wide, wide-cut, full -- (having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt")

7. wide, wide of the mark -- (not on target; "the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth")



Overview of adv wide



The adv wide has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (4) wide -- (with or by a broad space; "stand with legs wide apart"; "ran wide around left end")

2. (1) wide -- (to the fullest extent possible; "open your eyes wide"; "with the throttle wide open")

3. wide, astray -- (far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander")

4. wide, widely -- (to or over a great extent or range; far; "wandered wide through many lands"; "he traveled widely")

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