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Broad Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Broad? [n] slang term for a woman; "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch" [adj] showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions" [adj] lacking subtlety; obvious; "gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave" [adj] 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" [adj] not detailed or specific; "a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread" [adj] (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional; "a broad southern accent" [adj] very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies" [adj] 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Broad: across-the-board \| all-embracing \| all-encompassing \| all-inclusive \| beamy \| big \| bird's-eye \| blanket(a) \| broad-brimmed \| broad-minded \| citywide \| clear \| comprehensive \| countrywide \| countywide \| covering \| deep \| encompassing \| fanlike \| general \| heavy \| in breadth(p) \| in width(p) \| large \| liberal \| nationwide \| noticeable \| overhanging \| overspreading \| panoptic \| panoramic \| schoolwide \| spacious \| spreading \| statewide \| stretching(a) \| sweeping \| thick \| tolerant \| unspecific \| unsubtle \| wide \| wide-screen(a) \| wide-spreading Related Terms \| Find terms related to Broad: abstract \| accented \| aleatoric \| aleatory \| alveolar \| amorphous \| ample \| amplitudinous \| apical \| apico-alveolar \| apico-dental \| approximate \| articulated \| artless \| assimilated \| babe \| baby \| back \| bad woman 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\| far-ranging \| far-reaching \| featureless \| filly \| filthy \| flat \| floozy \| foggy \| forthright \| frail \| frail sister \| frank \| frankhearted \| free \| free-speaking \| free-spoken \| free-tongued \| front \| full \| fuzzy \| gal \| general \| generalized \| generic \| generous \| genuine \| girl \| girlie \| glide \| glossal \| glottal \| grisette \| gross \| gutter \| guttural \| hard \| harridan \| hazy \| heart-to-heart \| heavy \| heifer \| hen \| high \| hit-or-miss \| hoyden \| hussy \| hysteromaniac \| ill-defined \| imprecise \| improper \| inaccurate \| inchoate \| inclusive \| incoherent \| indecent \| indecisive \| indefinable \| indefinite \| indelicate \| indeterminable \| indeterminate \| indiscriminate \| indistinct \| inelegant \| inexact \| infinite \| ingenuous \| intonated \| jade \| Jane \| jeune fille \| Jezebel \| jill \| junior miss \| labial \| labiodental \| labiovelar \| large \| large-scale \| lascivious \| lass \| lassie \| lateral \| latitudinarian \| lax \| lewd \| liberal \| light \| lingual \| liquid \| little missy \| loose \| loose woman \| low \| mademoiselle \| maid \| maiden \| main \| mid \| minx \| miss \| missy \| mock-heroic \| monophthongal \| muted \| narrow \| nasal \| nasalized \| nebulous \| neutral \| noninsular \| nonspecific \| number \| nymphet \| nympho \| nymphomaniac \| obscene \| obscure \| obvious \| occlusive \| off color \| open \| openhearted \| orderless \| outspoken \| oxytone \| palatal \| palatalized \| pharyngeal \| pharyngealized \| phonemic \| phonetic \| phonic \| pickup \| piece \| pitch \| pitched \| plain \| plain-spoken \| pornographic \| posttonic \| pronounced \| quean \| random \| rank \| raw \| retroflex \| romp \| roomy \| rough \| round \| rounded \| rude \| schoolgirl \| schoolmaid \| schoolmiss \| semivowel \| shadowed forth \| shadowy \| shapeless \| sincere \| skirt \| slapstick \| slip \| slut \| soft \| sonant \| spacious \| spacious of mind \| spread out \| spreading \| stochastic \| stopped \| straight \| straightforward \| straight-out \| stressed \| strong \| strumpet \| subdeb \| subdebutante \| subteen \| subteener \| surd \| sweeping \| syllabic \| tart \| teenybopper \| tense \| thick \| throaty \| titillating \| tolerant \| tomato \| tomboy \| tonal \| tonic \| tragicomic \| transparent \| trollop \| trull \| twangy \| unaccented \| unbigoted \| uncharacterized \| unchecked \| unclear \| unconcealed \| unconstrained \| uncouth \| undefined \| undestined \| undetermined \| undifferentiated \| undisguised \| unequivocal \| unfanatical \| ungentlemanly \| unguarded \| unhidebound \| unladylike \| unparochial \| unplain \| unprovincial \| unrefined \| unreserved \| unrestrained \| unrounded \| unshaded \| unspecific \| unspecified \| unstressed \| unsubtle \| uteromaniac \| vague \| vast \| veiled \| velar \| virgin \| vocalic \| vocoid \| voiced \| voiceless \| voluminous \| vowel \| vowellike \| vulgar \| wanton \| weak \| wench \| wholesale \| whore \| wide \| wide-banked \| wide-bottomed \| wide-branched \| wide-breasted \| wide-brimmed \| wide-eared \| wide-extended \| wide-extending \| wide-faced \| wide-framed \| wide-hipped \| wide-leaved \| wide-lipped \| wide-minded \| wide-nosed \| wide-petaled \| wide-ranging \| wide-reaching \| wide-rimmed \| wide-roving \| wide-set \| wide-spaced \| wide-spanned \| widespread \| wide-streeted \| wide-stretching \| wide-tracked \| wide-wayed \| wide-winged \| woman \| young creature \| young thing See Also \| adult female \| woman Broad In Webster's Dictionary \Broad\, a. [Compar. {Broader}; superl. {Broadest}.] [OE. brod, brad, AS. br[=a]d; akin to OS. br[=e]d, D. breed, G. breit, Icel. brei?r, Sw. & Dan. bred, Goth. braids. Cf. {Breadth}.] 1. Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to {narrow}; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad. 2. Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean. 3. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full. ``Broad and open day.'' --Bp. Porteus. 4. 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. A broad mixture of falsehood. --Locke. Note: Hence: 5. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged. The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case. --D. Daggett. In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way. --E. Everett. 6. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint. 7. Free; unrestrained; unconfined. As broad and general as the casing air. --Shak. 8. (Fine Arts) Characterized by breadth. See {Breadth}. 9. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor. 10. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent. Note: Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide, large, etc.; as, broad-chested, broad-shouldered, broad-spreading, broad-winged. {Broad acres}. See under {Acre}. {Broad arrow}, originally a pheon. See {Pheon}, and {Broad arrow} under {Arrow}. {As broad as long}, having the length equal to the breadth; hence, the same one way as another; coming to the same result by different ways or processes. It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others, or bring others down to them. --L'Estrange. {Broad pennant}. See under {Pennant}. Syn: Wide; large; ample; expanded; spacious; roomy; extensive; vast; comprehensive; liberal. \Broad\, n. 1. The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar. 2. The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen. [Local, Eng.] --Southey. 3. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. --Knight.

Broad Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Broad?

[n] slang term for a woman; "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch"
[adj] showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
[adj] lacking subtlety; obvious; "gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave"
[adj] 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"
[adj] not detailed or specific; "a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread"
[adj] (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional; "a broad southern accent"
[adj] very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"
[adj] 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"

See Also | adult female | woman

Broad In Webster's Dictionary

\Broad\, a. [Compar. {Broader}; superl. {Broadest}.] [OE.
brod, brad, AS. br[=a]d; akin to OS. br[=e]d, D. breed, G.
breit, Icel. brei?r, Sw. & Dan. bred, Goth. braids. Cf.
{Breadth}.]
1. Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed
   to {narrow}; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch
   broad.

2. Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad
   expanse of ocean.

3. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
   ``Broad and open day.'' --Bp. Porteus.

4. 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.

         A broad mixture of falsehood.         --Locke.

Note: Hence:

5. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.

         The words in the Constitution are broad enough to
         include the case.                     --D. Daggett.

         In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way. --E.
                                               Everett.

6. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.

7. Free; unrestrained; unconfined.

         As broad and general as the casing air. --Shak.

8. (Fine Arts) Characterized by breadth. See {Breadth}.

9. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad
   joke; broad humor.

10. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.

Note: Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide,
      large, etc.; as, broad-chested, broad-shouldered,
      broad-spreading, broad-winged.

{Broad acres}. See under {Acre}.

{Broad arrow}, originally a pheon. See {Pheon}, and {Broad
   arrow} under {Arrow}.

{As broad as long}, having the length equal to the breadth;
   hence, the same one way as another; coming to the same
   result by different ways or processes.

         It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others,
         or bring others down to them.         --L'Estrange.

{Broad pennant}. See under {Pennant}.

Syn: Wide; large; ample; expanded; spacious; roomy;
     extensive; vast; comprehensive; liberal.


\Broad\, n.
1. The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.

2. The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded
   fen. [Local, Eng.] --Southey.

3. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of
   cylinders. --Knight.

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