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English Dictionary: broad	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for broad
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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" Synonym(s): wide, broad Antonym(s): narrow 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" Synonym(s): across-the- board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide not detailed or specific; "a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread" Synonym(s): broad, unspecific lacking subtlety; obvious; "gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave" Synonym(s): broad, unsubtle being at a peak or culminating point; "broad daylight"; "full summer" Synonym(s): broad(a), full(a) very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies" Synonym(s): broad, spacious, wide (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" Synonym(s): broad, large-minded, liberal, tolerant n slang term for a woman; "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Broad \Broad\, a. [Compar. {Broader}; superl. {Broadest}.] [OE. brod, brad, AS. br[be]d; akin to OS. br[c7]d, D. breed, G. breit, Icel. brei[?]r, Sw. & Dan. bred, Goth. braids. Cf. {Breadth}.] 1. Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to {narrow}; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad. 2. Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean. 3. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full. [bd]Broad and open day.[b8] --Bp. Porteus. 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. A broad mixture of falsehood. --Locke. Note: Hence: 5. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged. The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case. --D. Daggett. In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way. --E. Everett. 6. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint. 7. Free; unrestrained; unconfined. As broad and general as the casing air. --Shak. 8. (Fine Arts) Characterized by breadth. See {Breadth}. 9. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor. 10. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent. Note: Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide, large, etc.; as, broad-chested, broad-shouldered, broad-spreading, broad-winged. {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. It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others, or bring others down to them. --L'Estrange. {Broad pennant}. See under {Pennant}. Syn: Wide; large; ample; expanded; spacious; roomy; extensive; vast; comprehensive; liberal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Broad \Broad\, n. 1. The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar. 2. The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen. [Local, Eng.] --Southey. 3. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. --Knight.