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Meaning of 'broad'
Meaning of 'broad' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Broad 
[ n.]
- The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar. [ n.]- The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
- A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
2. Broad [ superl.]
- Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; --
opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad. [ superl.]- Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
- Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
- 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.
- Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
- Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
- Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
- Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
- Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
- Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
Meaning of 'broad' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. broad [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- slang term for a woman
- slang term for a woman
Example in sentence:
- a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch
2. broad [ a]
[ a]Meaning (2):
- having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
- having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
Example in sentence:
- a broad river;
- a river two miles broad;
- a wide necktie;
- broad shoulders;
- three feet wide;
- wide margins;
- wide roads
3. broad [ s]
[ s]Meaning (3):
- very large in expanse or scope
- very large in expanse or scope
Example in sentence:
- a broad lawn;
- a spacious view;
- spacious skies;
- the wide plains
Meaning (4):
- showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
- showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
Example in sentence:
- a broad political stance;
- a liberal newspaper;
- generous and broad sympathies;
- tolerant of his opponent's opinions
Meaning (5):
- not detailed or specific
- not detailed or specific
Example in sentence:
- a broad rule;
- felt an unspecific dread;
- the broad outlines of the plan
Meaning (6):
- (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional
- (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional
Example in sentence:
- a broad southern accent
Meaning (7):
- broad in scope or content
- broad in scope or content
Example in sentence:
- a panoptic study of Soviet nationality;
- across-the-board pay increases;
- an all-embracing definition;
- an invention with broad applications;
- blanket sanctions against human-rights violators;
- granted him wide powers
Meaning (8):
- being at a peak or culminating point
- being at a peak or culminating point
Example in sentence:
- broad daylight;
- full summer
Meaning (9):
- lacking subtlety; obvious
- lacking subtlety; obvious
Example in sentence:
- gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave
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