Meaning Of Broad

superl.

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

Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
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Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
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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.
superl.

Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
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Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
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Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
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Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
superl.

Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
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Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
n.

The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
n.

The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
n.

A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.