wide open
Completely open.
The front door was wide open.
adj
Having a large physical extent from side to side.
We walked down a wide corridor.
Over a wider region either side of the path of totality, a partial eclipse is seen.
Large in scope.
The inquiry had a wide remit.
The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.
Overweight, obese.
Operating at the side of the playing area.
That team needs a decent wide player.
On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
Two balls before lunch, he bowled a wide.
Too bad! That was a great passing-shot, but it's wide.
adv
extensively
He travelled far and wide.
completely
He was wide awake.
away from or to one side of a given goal
The arrow fell wide of the mark.
A few shots were fired but they all went wide.
So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.
And with his knee the dore he opens wide
noun
A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score