wide adj
1: 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" [syn: broad] [ant: narrow]
2: 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" [syn: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, panoptic]
3: (used of eyes) fully open or extended; "listened in round-eyed wonder"; "stared with wide eyes" [syn: round-eyed, wide-eyed]
4: very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies" [syn: broad, spacious]
5: great in degree; "won by a wide margin" [ant: narrow]
6: great in range or scope; "an extended vocabulary"; "surgeons with extended experience"; "extensive examples of picture writing"; "suffered extensive damage"; "a wide selection" [syn: extended, extensive]
7: having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt" [syn: wide-cut, full]
8: not on target; "the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth" [syn: [[wide of the mark]]] ad
wide
(verb)
1: with or by a broad space; "stand with legs wide apart"; "ran wide around left end"
2: to the fullest extent possible; "open your eyes wide"; "with the throttle wide open"
3: far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander" [syn: astray]
4: to or over a great extent or range; far; "wandered wide through many lands"; "he traveled widely" [syn: widely]