wide: signification et définitions

Having a specified extent from side to side: a ribbon two inches wide.

Extending over a great distance from side to side; broad: a wide road; a wide necktie.

Having great extent or range; including much or many: a wide selection; granting wide powers; wide variations.

Fully open or extended: look with wide eyes.

To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal: a shot that was wide of the target.

Baseball Outside.

Sports Being near one of the side boundaries of a playing area, such as a sideline on a football field.

Deviating or straying from something expected or specified: a remark that was wide of the truth.

Linguistics Lax.

Over a great distance; extensively: traveled far and wide.

To the full extent; completely.

To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal.

Sports Toward or near one of the sides of a playing area: ran wide to catch a pass.

Sports A ball bowled outside of the batsman's reach, counting as a run for the batting team in cricket.