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wide in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. 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"
    across-the-board  all-embracing  all-encompassing  all-inclusive  blanket  broad  encompassing  extensive  panoptic  wide 
  2. 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"
    wide  broad 
  3. very large in expanse or scope
    "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"
    broad  spacious  wide 
  4. having ample fabric
    "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt"
    wide  wide-cut  full 
  5. great in degree
    "won by a wide margin"
    wide 
  6. not on target
    "the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth"
    wide  wide of the mark 
  7. (used of eyes) fully open or extended
    "stared with wide eyes"
    wide-eyed  wide 
adverb
  1. far from the intended target
    "the arrow went wide of the mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander"
    wide  astray  wide  astray 
  2. to or over a great extent or range; far
    "wandered wide through many lands"; "he traveled widely"
    wide  widely  wide  widely 
  3. with or by a broad space
    "stand with legs wide apart"; "ran wide around left end"
    wide  wide 
  4. to the fullest extent possible
    "open your eyes wide"; "with the throttle wide open"
    wide  wide 
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