eng: wide - UWN/MENTA

eng: wide

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means	(adjective) 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" broad, wide
means	(adjective) 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, blanket, wide, extensive, broad, all-embracing, all-inclusive, all-encompassing, panoptic, encompassing
means	(adjective) (used of eyes) fully open or extended; "stared with wide eyes" wide, wide-eyed
means	(adjective) very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies" spacious, wide, broad
means	(adjective) great in degree; "won by a wide margin" wide
means	(adjective) having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt" wide-cut, full, wide
means	(adjective) 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
means	(adverb) with or by a broad space; "stand with legs wide apart"; "ran wide around left end" wide
means	(adverb) to the fullest extent possible; "open your eyes wide"; "with the throttle wide open" wide
means	(adverb) far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander" astray, wide
means	(adverb) to or over a great extent or range; far; "wandered wide through many lands"; "he traveled widely" wide, widely
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