| broad |
superl. |
Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; — opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad., Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean., Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full., 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., Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged., Plain; evident; as, a broad hint., Free; unrestrained; unconfined., Characterized by breadth. See Breadth., Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor., Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent., The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar., The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen., A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. |