Definition 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.
• superl. - Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
• 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.
• superl. - Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
• superl. - Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
• superl. - Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
• superl. - Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
• superl. - Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
• superl. - 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.
• 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.
• superl. - Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
• 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.
• superl. - Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
• superl. - Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
• superl. - Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
• superl. - Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
• superl. - Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
• superl. - 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.