wide
adj 1: having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the
other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins";
"three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad
shoulders"; "a broad river" [syn: {broad}] [ant: {narrow}]
2: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases";
"an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against
human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad
applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"-
T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn: {across-the-board},
{all-embracing}, {all-encompassing}, {all-inclusive}, {blanket(a)},
{broad}, {encompassing}, {panoptic}]
3: (used of eyes) fully open or extended; "listened in
round-eyed wonder"; "stared with wide eyes" [syn: {round-eyed}]
4: very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide
plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies" [syn: {broad},
{spacious}]
5: great in degree; "won by a wide margin" [ant: {narrow}]
6: great in range or scope; "an extended vocabulary"; "surgeons
with extended experience"; "extensive examples of picture
writing"; "suffered extensive damage"; "a wide selection"
[syn: {extended}, {extensive}]
7: having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers";
"a full skirt" [syn: {wide-cut}, {full}]
8: not on target; "the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of
the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth" [syn: {wide
of the mark}]
adv 1: with or by a broad space; "stand with legs wide apart"; "ran
wide around left end"
2: to the fullest extent possible; "open your eyes wide"; "with
the throttle wide open"
3: far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the
mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander" [syn:
{astray}]
4: to or over a great extent or range; far; "wandered wide
through many lands"; "he traveled widely" [syn: {widely}]