Wide

What do we mean by wide?

Having a specified extent from side to side. adjective

Extending over a great distance from side to side; broad. adjective

Having great extent or range; including much or many. adjective

Fully open or extended. adjective

To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal. adjective

Outside. adjective

Being toward or near one of the side boundaries of a playing area, such as a sideline on a football field. adjective

Deviating or straying from something expected or specified. adjective

Lax. adjective

Over a great distance; extensively. adverb

To the full extent; completely. adverb

To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal. adverb

Toward or near one of the sides of a playing area. adverb

A ball bowled outside of the batsman's reach, counting as a run for the batting team in cricket. noun

Having relatively great or considerable extension from side to side; broad: as, wide cloth; a wide hall: opposed to narrow.

Having (a certain or specified) extension as measured from side to side; having (a specified) width or breadth: as, cloth a yard wide.

Of great horizontal extent; spacious; extensive; vast; great: as, the wide ocean.

Embracing many subjects; looking at a question from many points of view; applicable to many cases: as, a person of wide culture.

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

Scots: antagonistic, provocative, out of order Urban Dictionary

Someone or something that is annoying, irritating, stupid, or uncalled for. Urban Dictionary

To be in the know about something. as in the expression "gates wide". Urban Dictionary

The 'ok bet' of the future, coined by @felixbenjamins on TikTok. Urban Dictionary

The female equivalent to a male hard on. The woman's vagina swells up until it resembles a tazered, twitching piece of liver, and the man can enjoy a snug, responsive ride, much like a European Sports car that looks like the organ of a cow. Urban Dictionary

A female equivalent to a hard-on. When experiencing intense erotic excitement, a lady's vaginal cavity expands to allow entry of penis/fist/vegetable etc. This causes a 'gap' that needs to be filled: a wide on. It is arguable that gay men can also experience an 'anal wide-on', which of course suggests that certain women could experience a 'double wide-on'. Urban Dictionary

The distaff term for the male 'hard on.' Urban Dictionary

When sexually aroused, a wide-on is the phenomenon of a woman's labia widening in order to accomodate the male hard-on which they so desire. Urban Dictionary

A female version of a hard-on. Urban Dictionary

What the like and dislike buttons are now. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to wide:
wide.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word wide:
receiver, variety, range, array, bays, ranging, flowers, genres, spectrum, margin, web, deep, width, acclaim, narrow, styles, touchdown, thick, subjects, inches, leaf, feet, tall, flower, roof.

Words that rhyme with wide:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe wide:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective wide:
range, variety, open, spread, area, world, variation, field, distribution, spectrum, eyes, use, variations, array, angle, acceptance, experience, differences, areas, circle, band, mouth, margin, difference, circulation, application, scope, gap, scale, audience, expanse, knowledge, limits, powers, basis, diversity, berth, attention, support, selection, reputation, space, smile, streets, spaces, network, reading, publicity, choice, extent, influence, ranges, plain, valley, popularity, grin, river, latitude, fluctuations, street, appeal, door, belt, sea, sweep, coverage, excision, divergence, road, margins, currency, recognition, gulf, assortment, base, discretion, strip, plains, front, opening, arc, fields, doors, diffusion, shoulders, acquaintance, ocean, fame, variability, applicability, survey, stretch.

Consonant match to wide:
word, wood, weed, would, wed, wade, wad, weighed, wooed, wowed, whirred, waid, waide, wied, wedd, wehde, wyden.

Words that sound like wide:
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