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1. adj. Wide in extent or scope. | |
three feet broad | |
the broad expanse of ocean | |
2. adj. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full. | |
3. adj. Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained. | |
4. adj. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged. | |
5. adj. Plain; evident. | |
a broad hint | |
6. adj. (writing) Unsubtle; obvious. | |
7. adj. Free; unrestrained; unconfined. | |
8. adj. (dated) Gross; coarse; indelicate. | |
a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humour | |
9. adj. (of an accent) Strongly regional. | |
10. adj. (Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized. | |
11. n. (dated) A prostitute, a woman of loose morals. | |
12. n. (US, colloquial slang) A woman or girl. | |
Who was that broad I saw you with? | |
13. n. (UK) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk. | |
14. n. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. | |
15. n. (historical) A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656. | |