Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow; broad; as, wide cloth; a wide table; a wide highway; a wide bed; a wide hall or entry.
Having a great extent every way; extended; spacious; broad; vast; extensive; as, a wide plain; the wide ocean; a wide difference.
Of large scope; comprehensive; liberal; broad; as, wide views; a wide understanding.
Of a certain measure between the sides; measuring in a direction at right angles to that of length; as, a table three feet wide.
Remote; distant; far.
Far from truth, from propriety, from necessity, or the like.
On one side or the other of the mark; too far side-wise from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the mouth organs; - opposed to primary as used by Mr. Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr. Sweet. The effect, as explained by Mr. Bell, is due to the relaxation or tension of the pharynx; as explained by Mr. Sweet and others, it is due to the action of the tongue. The wide of ē (ēve) is ĭ (ĭll); of ā (āte) is ĕ (ĕnd), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, 13-15.
Having or showing a wide difference between the highest and lowest price, amount of supply, etc.; as, a wide opening; wide prices, where the prices bid and asked differ by several points.
To a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent; as, his fame was spread wide.
So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.
So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose; aside; astray.
That which is wide; wide space; width; extent.
That which goes wide, or to one side of the mark.
Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.
Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near{5}; - with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow miss; a narrow majority.
Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances.
Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views.
Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; - distinguished from wide; as ē (ēve) and Ō (fŌd), etc., from ĭ (ĭll) and Ŏ (fŎt), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, 13.
A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; - usually in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor.
To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of.
To contract the reach or sphere of; to make less liberal or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as, to narrow one's views or knowledge; to narrow a question in discussion.
To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait.
Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows.
To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one.
