| 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. |
