Definition of broad Broad
/bɹɔˈd/ - [brod] - broad
We found 34 definitions of broad from 7 different sources.
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What does broad mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: broads |
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| broad - slang term for a woman; "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch" | ||
Adjectivebroad, broader, broadest |
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| broad - very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies" | ||
| spacious, wide | ||
| large, big having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy" | ||
| broad - showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions" | ||
| large-minded, liberal, tolerant | ||
| broad-minded inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own; "a judge who is broad-minded but even-handed" | ||
| broad - lacking subtlety; obvious; "gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave" | ||
| unsubtle | ||
| broad - not detailed or specific; "a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread" | ||
| unspecific | ||
| broad - being at a peak or culminating point; "broad daylight"; "full summer" | ||
| full | ||
| broad - (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional; "a broad southern accent" | ||
| broad - 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 | ||
| narrow limited in size or scope; "the narrow sense of a word" | ||
| comprehensive including all or everything; "comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"; "a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education" | ||
| thick abounding; having a lot of; "the top was thick with dust" | ||
| width, breadth the extent of something from side to side | ||
| beamy broad in the beam; "a beamy cargo ship" | ||
| bird's-eye, panoramic as from an altitude or distance; "a bird's-eye survey"; "a panoramic view" | ||
| broad-brimmed (of hats) having a broad brim | ||
| deep exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy; "deep political machinations"; "a deep plot" | ||
| fanlike resembling a fan | ||
| sweeping ignoring distinctions; "sweeping generalizations"; "wholesale destruction" | ||
| broad - 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, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide | ||
| comprehensive including all or everything; "comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"; "a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- broad (Noun)
A prostitute, a woman of loose morals. - broad (Noun)
A woman or girl. - broad (Noun)
A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk. - broad (Noun)
A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. - broad (Adjective)
Wide in extent or scope. - broad (Adjective)
Having a specified width e. g. 3 ft broad. - broad (Adjective)
Strongly regional. - broad (Adjective)
Velarized, i. e. not palatalized.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary đŸ“˜
- broad (superl.)
Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad. - broad (superl.)
Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean. - broad (superl.)
Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full. - broad (superl.)
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. - broad (superl.)
Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged. - broad (superl.)
Plain; evident; as, a broad hint. - broad (superl.)
Free; unrestrained; unconfined. - broad (superl.)
Characterized by breadth. See Breadth. - broad (superl.)
Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor. - broad (superl.)
Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent. - broad (n.)
The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar. - broad (n.)
The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen. - broad (n.)
A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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broad
Very large in expanse or scope.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary đŸ“•
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broad
brawd, adj. wide: large, free or open: outspoken: coarse, indelicate: of pronunciation, e.g. a broad accent.—advs. Broad, Broad′ly.—ns. Broad′-ar′row, a mark, thus (
), stamped on
materials belonging to Government; Broad′-brim, a hat with a broad brim, such as
those worn by Quakers: (coll.) a Quaker.—adj.
Broad′cast, scattered or sown abroad
by the hand: dispersed widely.—adv. by throwing at large
from the hand, only in phrases, as, 'to scatter broadcast,'
&c.—v.t. to scatter freely.—n. Broad′cloth, a fine kind of woollen fulled
cloth, used for men's garments.—v.t. Broad′en, to make broad or
broader.—v.i. to grow broad or extend in
breadth.—adj. Broad′-eyed (Shak.), having a wide or
extended survey.—ns. Broad′-gauge (see Gauge); Broad′ness.—n.pl. Broads,
lake-like expansions of rivers.—ns. Broad′side, the side of a ship: all the guns
on one side of a ship of war, or their simultaneous discharge: a sheet of
paper printed on one side, otherwise named Broad′sheet; Broad′sword, a cutting sword with a broad
blade: a man armed with such a sword.—Broad Church, a party
within the Church of England which advocates a broad and liberal
interpretation of dogmatic definitions and creed subscription—the
name was first used in 1833 by W. J. Conybeare. [A.S. brĂ¡d, Goth.
braids.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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broad
If the tressing in or tuck of a ship's quarter under water hangs deep, or is overfull, they say she has a fat quarter.
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đŸ”¤- broad, noun, singular of broads.
- broad, adjective.
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