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 toward or 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.