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side

/saɪd/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
  2. A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
  3. One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
  4. A region in a specified position with respect to something.
  5. The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back.
  6. One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)
  7. To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"
  8. To lean on one side.
  9. To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
  10. To suit; to pair; to match.
  11. To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
  12. To furnish with a siding.
  13. Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.
  14. Indirect; oblique; incidental.
  15. To clear, tidy or sort.
  16. Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching.
  17. Far; distant.
  18. Widely; wide; far.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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