broad

1. superl. Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad. Source: opted

2. superl. Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean. Source: opted

3. superl. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full. Source: opted

4. 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. Source: opted

5. superl. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged. Source: opted

6. superl. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint. Source: opted

7. superl. Free; unrestrained; unconfined. Source: opted

8. superl. Characterized by breadth. See Breadth. Source: opted

9. superl. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor. Source: opted

10. superl. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent. Source: opted

11. n. The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar. Source: opted

12. n. The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen. Source: opted

13. n. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. Source: opted

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