Definition of Wide

Adjective

• not on target
  "the kick was wide"
  "the arrow was wide of the mark"
  "a claim that was wide of the truth"
  - wide of the mark
• having ample fabric
  "the current taste for wide trousers"
  "a full skirt"
  - wide cut full
• great in degree
  "won by a wide margin"
  
• very large in expanse or scope
  "a broad lawn"
  "the wide plains"
  "a spacious view"
  "spacious skies"
  broad spacious
• (used of eyes) fully open or extended
  "stared with wide eyes"
  - wide eyed
• 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"
  - across the board - all embracing - all encompassing - all inclusive blanket broad encompassing extensive panoptic
• 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"
  broad

Adverb

• to or over a great extent or range
  far
  "wandered wide through many lands"
  "he traveled widely"
  widely
• far from the intended target
  "the arrow went wide of the mark"
  "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander"
  astray
• to the fullest extent possible
  "open your eyes wide"
  "with the throttle wide open"
  
• with or by a broad space
  "stand with legs wide apart"
  "ran wide around left end"
  

Word games points for the Wide

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Unscramble wide

12 unscramble word found using the letters wide.

de, dei, dew, di, die, ed, id, ide, we, wed, weid, wide,