Definition for WIDE

WIDE, a. [Sax. wid, wide; D. wyd; G. weit; Sw. and Dan. vid; Sans. vidi, breadth; Ar. بَدَّ badda, to separate; allied to void, divide, widow, Ir. feadh, &c. See Class Bd, No. 1.]

  1. Broad; having a great or considerable distance or extent between the sides; opposed to narrow; as, wide cloth; wide table; a wide highway; a wide bed; a wide hall of entry. In this use, wide is distinguished from long, which refers to the extent or distance between the ends.
  2. Broad; having a great extent each way; as, a wide plain the wide ocean.
  3. Remote; distant. This position is very wide from the truth. – Hammond.
  4. Broad to a certain degree; as, three feet wide.

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