wide

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English wid, wyd, from Old English wīd (“wide, vast, broad, long; distant, far”), from Proto-Germanic *wīdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“to divide, separate”), a dissimilated univerbation from *dwi- (“apart, asunder, in two”) +‎ *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /waɪd/ (Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /wɑed/ Rhymes: -aɪd === Adjective === wide (comparative wider or more wide, superlative widest or most wide) Having a large physical extent from side to side. Large in scope. (slang, derogatory, humorous) Overweight, obese. (sports) Operating at the side of the playing area. On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc. (phonetics, dated) Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth. (Scotland, Northern England, now rare) Vast, great in extent, extensive. (obsolete) Located some distance away; distant, far. [15th–19th c.] (obsolete) Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc. (computing) Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation. (UK, slang, only in "wide boy") Sharp-witted. ==== Antonyms ==== narrow (regarding empty area) thin (regarding occupied area) skinny (sometimes offensive, regarding body width) ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== width ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== The Dictionary of the Scots Language === Adverb === wide (comparative wider, superlative widest) Extensively. Completely. Away from or to one side of a given goal. So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening. ==== Derived terms ==== wide-ranging ==== Translations ==== === Noun === wide (plural wides) (cricket) 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 === Anagrams === Wied == Old English == === Etymology === wīd +‎ -e === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwiː.de/ Rhymes: -iː.de === Adverb === wīde (superlative wīdost) widely, afar, far and wide wīdfērende ― coming from afar