wide

UK /waɪd/ US /waɪd/
adj 5adv 4noun 1

Definitions

adj

1

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.

2

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.

3

Overweight, obese.

4

Operating at the side of the playing area.

That team needs a decent wide player.

5

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

1

extensively

He travelled far and wide.

2

completely

He was wide awake.

3

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.

4

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

1

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

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