Broad

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·superl Free; unrestrained; unconfined.

II. Broad ·superl Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.

III. Broad ·superl Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.

IV. Broad ·superl Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.

V. Broad ·noun The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.

VI. Broad ·superl Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.

VII. Broad ·superl Characterized by breadth. ·see Breadth.

VIII. Broad ·noun A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.

IX. Broad ·noun The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an Oar.

X. Broad ·superl Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.

XI. Broad ·superl Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.

XII. Broad ·superl Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side;

— opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.

XIII. Broad ·superl 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.

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