Pronunciation Adjective
broad (comparative broader, superlative broadest)
- Wide in extent or scope.
- three feet broad
- the broad expanse of ocean
- Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
- 1720, William Bartlet, a sermon
- broad and open day
- May 12, 1860, Eliza Watson, Witches and witchcraft (in Once A Week, No. 46.)
- crushing the minds of its victims in the broad and open day
- 1720, William Bartlet, a sermon
- Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.
- 1693, [John Locke], “§140”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], OCLC 1161614482 ↗:
- a broad mixture of falsehood
- Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
- 1819, D. Daggett, Sturges v. Crowninshield
- The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case.
- 1859, Edward Everett, Daniel Webster: An Oration On the Occasion of the Dedication of the Statue of Mr. Webster,
- in a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way
- 1819, D. Daggett, Sturges v. Crowninshield
- Plain; evident.
- a broad hint
- (writing) Unsubtle; obvious.
- Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene iv]:
- as broad and general as the casing air
- (dated) Gross; coarse; indelicate.
- a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humour
- (of an accent) Strongly regional.
- (Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.
- (wide—regarding occupied space, width of an object) thin, narrow
- (wide—regarding body width) skinny
- (comprehensive) all-encompassing; see also Thesaurus:comprehensive
- (not palatalized) slender
- French: fort
broad (plural broads)
- (UK) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
- A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
- (UK, historical) A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.
broad (plural broads)
- (dated) A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
(US, colloquial, slang, sometimes, dated, pejorative) A woman or girl. - Who was that broad I saw you with?
- See also Thesaurus:prostitute
- See also Thesaurus:woman
- See also Thesaurus:girl
- French: gonzesse, meuf
- German: Weib, Braut
- Russian: де́вка
- Spanish: pava (Spain), piba (Argentina), jermu (slang, backslang of mujer)
Broad
Proper noun
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