3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Broad \Broad\, a. [Compar. {Broader}; superl. {Broadest}.] [OE.
brod, brad, AS br[=a]d; akin to OS br[=e]d, D. breed, G.
breit, Icel. brei?r, Sw & Dan. bred, Goth. braids. Cf
{Breadth}.]
1. Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side -- opposed
to {narrow}; as a broad street, a broad table; an inch
broad.
2. Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as the broad
expanse of ocean.
3. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open clear; full.
``Broad and open day.'' --Bp. Porteus.
4. 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.
A broad mixture of falsehood. --Locke.
Note: Hence:
5. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
The words in the Constitution are broad enough to
include the case. --D. Daggett.
In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way --E.
Everett.
6. Plain; evident; as a broad hint.
7. Free unrestrained; unconfined.
As broad and general as the casing air. --Shak.
8. (Fine Arts) Characterized by breadth. See {Breadth}.
9. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as a broad compliment; a broad
joke; broad humor.
10. Strongly marked; as a broad Scotch accent.
Note: Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide,
large etc.; as broad-chested, broad-shouldered,
broad-spreading, broad-winged.
{Broad acres}. See under {Acre}.
{Broad arrow}, originally a pheon. See {Pheon}, and {Broad
arrow} under {Arrow}.
{As broad as long}, having the length equal to the breadth;
hence the same one way as another; coming to the same
result by different ways or processes.
It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others
or bring others down to them --L'Estrange.
{Broad pennant}. See under {Pennant}.
Syn: Wide; large ample; expanded; spacious; roomy;
extensive; vast; comprehensive; liberal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Broad \Broad\, n.
1. The broad part of anything as the broad of an oar.
2. The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded
fen. [Local, Eng.] --Southey.
3. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of
cylinders. --Knight.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
broad
adj 1: having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the
other "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins";
"three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad
shoulders"; "a broad river" [syn: {wide}] [ant: {narrow}]
2: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases";
"an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against
human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad
applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"-
T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn: {across-the-board},
{all-embracing}, {all-encompassing}, {all-inclusive}, {blanket(a)},
{encompassing}, {panoptic}, {wide}]
3: not detailed or specific; "a broad rule"; "the broad
outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread" [syn: {unspecific}]
4: lacking subtlety; obvious; "gave us a broad hint that it was
time to leave" [syn: {unsubtle}]
5: being at a peak or culminating point; "broad day"; "full
summer"; "high noon" [syn: {broad(a)}, {full(a)}]
6: very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide
plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies" [syn: {spacious},
{wide}]
7: (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional; "a broad
southern accent"
8: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad
political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a
liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
[syn: {liberal}, {tolerant}]
n : slang term for a woman; "a broad is a woman who can throw a
mean punch"
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