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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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