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  Broad \Broad\ (br[add]d), a. [Compar. Broader
     (br[add]d"[~e]r); superl. Broadest.] [OE. brod, brad, AS.
     br[=a]d; akin to OS. br[=e]d, D. breed, G. breit, Icel.
     brei[eth]r, Sw. & Dan. bred, Goth. braids. Cf. Breadth.]
     1. Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed
        to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch
        broad.
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     2. Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad
        expanse of ocean.
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     3. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
        ``Broad and open day.'' --Bp. Porteus.
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     4. 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.
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              A broad mixture of falsehood.         --Locke.
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     Note: Hence: 
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     5. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
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              The words in the Constitution are broad enough to
              include the case.                     --D. Daggett.
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              In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way. --E.
                                                    Everett.
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     6. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
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     7. Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
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              As broad and general as the casing air. --Shak.
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     8. (Fine Arts) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
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     9. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad
        joke; broad humor.
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     10. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
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     Note: Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide,
           large, etc.; as, broad-chested, broad-shouldered,
           broad-spreading, broad-winged.
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     Broad acres. See under Acre.
  
     Broad arrow, originally a pheon. See Pheon, and Broad
        arrow under Arrow.
  
     As broad as long, having the length equal to the breadth;
        hence, the same one way as another; coming to the same
        result by different ways or processes.
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              It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others,
              or bring others down to them.         --L'Estrange.
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     Broad pennant. See under Pennant.
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     Syn: Wide; large; ample; expanded; spacious; roomy;
          extensive; vast; comprehensive; liberal.
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  Broad \Broad\, n.
     1. The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
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     2. The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded
        fen. [Local, Eng.] --Southey.
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     3. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of
        cylinders. --Knight.
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  Broad \Broad\, a. [Compar. Broader; superl. Broadest.] [OE.
     brod, brad, AS. br[=a]d; akin to OS. br[=e]d, D. breed, G.
     breit, Icel. brei?r, Sw. & Dan. bred, Goth. braids. Cf.
     Breadth.]
     1. Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed
        to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch
        broad.
  
     2. Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad
        expanse of ocean.
  
     3. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
        ``Broad and open day.'' --Bp. Porteus.
  
     4. 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.
  
              A broad mixture of falsehood.         --Locke.
  
     Note: Hence: 
  
     5. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
  
              The words in the Constitution are broad enough to
              include the case.                     --D. Daggett.
  
              In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way. --E.
                                                    Everett.
  
     6. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
  
     7. Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
  
              As broad and general as the casing air. --Shak.
  
     8. (Fine Arts) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
  
     9. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad
        joke; broad humor.
  
     10. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
  
     Note: Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide,
           large, etc.; as, broad-chested, broad-shouldered,
           broad-spreading, broad-winged.
  
     Broad acres. See under Acre.
  
     Broad arrow, originally a pheon. See Pheon, and Broad
        arrow under Arrow.
  
     As broad as long, having the length equal to the breadth;
        hence, the same one way as another; coming to the same
        result by different ways or processes.
  
              It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others,
              or bring others down to them.         --L'Estrange.
  
     Broad pennant. See under Pennant.
  
     Syn: Wide; large; ample; expanded; spacious; roomy;
          extensive; vast; comprehensive; liberal.

  Broad \Broad\, n.
     1. The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
  
     2. The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded
        fen. [Local, Eng.] --Southey.
  
     3. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of
        cylinders. --Knight.

  broad
       adj 1: 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" [syn: wide] [ant: narrow]
       2: 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" [syn: across-the-board,
           all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a),
           encompassing, panoptic, wide]
       3: not detailed or specific; "a broad rule"; "the broad
          outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread" [syn: unspecific]
       4: lacking subtlety; obvious; "gave us a broad hint that it was
          time to leave" [syn: unsubtle]
       5: being at a peak or culminating point; "broad day"; "full
          summer"; "high noon" [syn: broad(a), full(a)]
       6: very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide
          plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies" [syn: spacious,
           wide]
       7: (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional; "a broad
          southern accent"
       8: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad
          political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a
          liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
          [syn: large-minded, liberal, tolerant]
       n : slang term for a woman; "a broad is a woman who can throw a
           mean punch"

  broad
     Αγγλικά a.
     φαρδύς, ευρύς
     Αγγλικά n.
     ((ΗΠΑ: 0=--), (ετικ καθομ μειωτ γλ=en 0=--)) γκόμενα

  broad
     Breton n.
     person from a country

  Broad
     n.
     (surname: en).

  Broad.
     n.
     1 (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en broadcast)
     2 (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en broadcasting)

  broad
     a.
     1 wide in extent or scope.
     2 extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
     n.
     1 (lb en UK) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in
  eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
     2 A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of
  cylinders<ref>(R:Knight AMD)</ref>.
     3 (lb en UK historical) A British gold coin worth 20 shillings,
  issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.
     4 (lb en film television) A kind of floodlight.
     n.
     1 (lb en dated) A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
     2 (senseid en female)(lb en US colloquial slang sometimes dated) A
  woman or girl.

  Broad
     n.
     (surname: en).

  Broad.
     n.
     1 (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en broadcast)
     2 (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en broadcasting)

  broad
     Breton n.
     person from a country

  Broad
     n.
     (surname: en).

  Broad.
     n.
     1 (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en broadcast)
     2 (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en broadcasting)

  broad
     Breton n.
     person from a country

  Broad
     n.
     (surname: en).

  Broad.
     n.
     1 (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en broadcast)
     2 (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en broadcasting)

  broad
     Englanti a.
     1 leveä
     2 laaja, lavea
     3 pääpiirteinen
     4 laajakatseinen
     5 avoin, selkeä; ilmiselvä
     6 laaja, kattava
     7 (vanhentunut) karkea, epähieno
     Englanti n.
     1 (vanhentunut) ilotyttö
     2 (vanha) akka

  broad
     Engelska a.
     1 bred, vid
     2 generell, allmän
     3 klar

  broad  (broiz, broidi)
  autochtone, habitant d'un pays, compatriote

  broad  (broadoù)
  nation

  Broad /bɹˈɔːd/
  المرأة

  broad //bɹɑd// //bɹɔd// //bɹɔːd// 
  широк
  having a specified width

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/ 
  děvka

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/ 
  coura

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/
  rajda

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/
  zeširoka

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/
  široce

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/ 
  tolerantní

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/ 
  liberální

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/ 
  jasný

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/ 
  zřejmý

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/ 
  povšechný

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/ 
  přibližný

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/
  široký

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/
  rozsáhlý

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/
  širý

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/ 
  llydan 

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/
   [Am.]  [slang] Braut  [slang]
           Note: Frau
           Note: woman

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/
   [slang] Weib 
     Synonyms: woman, female, wife
  
   see: hag, crone, biddy
  

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/
  breit, weit 
   see: broader, broadest
  

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/
  deutlich, klar, unmissverständlich 
   see: broad hint
  

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/
  grob, vage 

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/
   [fig.] weitgefasst 
        "a broad notion"  - ein weitgefasster Begriff

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/
  
  ευρύς, φαρδύς

  broad //bɹɑd// //bɹɔd// //bɹɔːd// 
  leveä 2.
  having a specified width
   3.
  strongly regional

  broad //bɹɑd// //bɹɔd// //bɹɔːd// 
  lyyli
  colloquial term for a woman or girl

  broad /brɔːd/
  ample, large

  broad /brɔːd/
  leathan

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/ 
  1. विस्तृत
        "A broad rule"
        "A broad lawn"
  2. स्पष्ट
        "Gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave"
        "A broad southern accent"
        "A broad political stance"

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/
  jasan, prost, prostran, širi, širok, široko, širokog, širokoj

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/
  1. nem finom
  2. szabados
  3. bô
  4. erôs
  5. liberális
  6. tág
  7. félreérthetetlen
  8. nô
  9. átfogó
  10. széles szájtartással ejtett
  11. szélesen
  12. nagy kiterjedésû
  13. durva
  14. laza erkölcsû nô
  15. nyílt
  16. világos
  17. parasztos
  18. terjedelmes
  19. fényárlámpa
  20. szabadszájú
  21. érthetô
  22. nagyolt fonetikus átírás
  23. nagyolt átírás
  24. nagylelkû
  25. széles
  26. türelmes
  27. tyúk
  28. általános

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/
  largo

  broad //bɹɑd// //bɹɔd// //bɹɔːd// 
  1. 幅が…ある
  having a specified width
  2. 訛り丸出しの
  strongly regional

  broad //bɹɑd// //bɹɔd// //bɹɔːd// 
  助, 女
  colloquial term for a woman or girl

  broad /brɔːd/
  latus

  broad /brɔːd/
  1. platus
     See also: wide
  
  2. aiškus, ryškus
  3. liberalus
  4. plačiai
  5. visiškai

  broad /brɔ:d/
  I.   1.  szeroki
   2.  [uczucie]  powszechny
   3.  [teoria]  ogólny
   4.  [mrugnięcie]  wyraźny
   5.  [dialekt]  silny
   6.  in broad daylight (:in :broad :daylight)
   - w świetle dnia, w biały dzień
  II.  broad beans /ˌbrɔ:dˈbi:nz/   bób

  broad /brɔːd/
  amplo, largo

  broad /brɔːd/
  широкий

  broad /brɔːd/
  ancho

  broad //bɹɑd// //bɹɔd// //bɹɔːd// 
  bred 2.
  having a specified width
   3.
  strongly regional

  broad //bɹɑd// //bɹɔd// //bɹɔːd// 
  tjej
  colloquial term for a woman or girl

  broad /bɹˈɔːd/
  1. geniş enli
  2. hudutsuz
  3. belli, açık
  4. belli başlı, ana, genel, umumi
  5. kaba
  6. serbest, liberal
  7. açıklık
  8. (argo) kadın
  9. (argo) fahişe. Broad Church  ingiliz kilisesinde serbest fikirli zümre. broad bean bakla. broad daylight güpegündüz. broad jump uzun atlama. broad seal devletin resmi mührü. broadly  geniş olarak. broadness  genişlik.

  
/ˈbɹɔd/

  389 Moby Thesaurus words for "broad":
     Jane, Jezebel, abstract, accented, aleatoric, aleatory, alveolar,
     amorphous, ample, amplitudinous, apical, apico-alveolar,
     apico-dental, approximate, articulated, artless, assimilated, babe,
     baby, back, bad woman, baggage, barytone, biddy, bilabial, bimbo,
     bird, bitch, bland, blobby, blue, bluff, blunt, blurred, blurry,
     bright, broad-based, broad-gauged, broad-minded, broad-shouldered,
     brusque, burlesque, cacuminal, candid, capacious, catholic,
     central, cerebral, chance, chancy, chaotic, checked, chick, chippy,
     clear, clitoromaniac, close, coarse, cocotte, collective, colleen,
     comic, comical, commodious, comprehensive, confused, consonant,
     consonantal, continuant, cookie, copious, cosmopolitan, cutie,
     dame, damoiselle, damsel, deep, demoiselle, dental, diffuse,
     direct, dirty, disordered, dissimilated, doll, dorsal, downright,
     drab, earthy, easy lay, easy woman, ecumenical, ecumenistic,
     emphatic, evident, expansive, explicit, extended, extending,
     extensive, far-embracing, far-extending, far-flung, far-flying,
     far-going, far-ranging, far-reaching, farcical, featureless, filly,
     filthy, flat, floozy, foggy, forthright, frail, frail sister,
     frank, frankhearted, free, free-speaking, free-spoken,
     free-tongued, front, full, fuzzy, gal, general, generalized,
     generic, generous, genuine, girl, girlie, glide, glossal, glottal,
     grisette, gross, gutter, guttural, hard, harridan, hazy,
     heart-to-heart, heavy, heifer, hen, high, hit-or-miss, hoyden,
     hussy, hysteromaniac, ill-defined, imprecise, improper, inaccurate,
     inchoate, inclusive, incoherent, indecent, indecisive, indefinable,
     indefinite, indelicate, indeterminable, indeterminate,
     indiscriminate, indistinct, inelegant, inexact, infinite,
     ingenuous, intonated, jade, jeune fille, jill, junior miss, labial,
     labiodental, labiovelar, large, large-scale, lascivious, lass,
     lassie, lateral, latitudinarian, lax, lewd, liberal, light,
     lingual, liquid, little missy, loose, loose woman, low,
     mademoiselle, maid, maiden, main, mid, minx, miss, missy,
     mock-heroic, monophthongal, muted, narrow, nasal, nasalized,
     nebulous, neutral, noninsular, nonspecific, number, nymphet,
     nympho, nymphomaniac, obscene, obscure, obvious, occlusive,
     off color, open, openhearted, orderless, outspoken, oxytone,
     palatal, palatalized, pharyngeal, pharyngealized, phonemic,
     phonetic, phonic, pickup, piece, pitch, pitched, plain,
     plain-spoken, pornographic, posttonic, pronounced, quean, random,
     rank, raw, retroflex, romp, roomy, rough, round, rounded, rude,
     schoolgirl, schoolmaid, schoolmiss, semivowel, shadowed forth,
     shadowy, shapeless, sincere, skirt, slapstick, slip, slut, soft,
     sonant, spacious, spacious of mind, spread out, spreading,
     stochastic, stopped, straight, straight-out, straightforward,
     stressed, strong, strumpet, subdeb, subdebutante, subteen,
     subteener, surd, sweeping, syllabic, tart, teenybopper, tense,
     thick, throaty, titillating, tolerant, tomato, tomboy, tonal,
     tonic, tragicomic, transparent, trollop, trull, twangy, unaccented,
     unbigoted, uncharacterized, unchecked, unclear, unconcealed,
     unconstrained, uncouth, undefined, undestined, undetermined,
     undifferentiated, undisguised, unequivocal, unfanatical,
     ungentlemanly, unguarded, unhidebound, unladylike, unparochial,
     unplain, unprovincial, unrefined, unreserved, unrestrained,
     unrounded, unshaded, unspecific, unspecified, unstressed, unsubtle,
     uteromaniac, vague, vast, veiled, velar, virgin, vocalic, vocoid,
     voiced, voiceless, voluminous, vowel, vowellike, vulgar, wanton,
     weak, wench, wholesale, whore, wide, wide-banked, wide-bottomed,
     wide-branched, wide-breasted, wide-brimmed, wide-eared,
     wide-extended, wide-extending, wide-faced, wide-framed,
     wide-hipped, wide-leaved, wide-lipped, wide-minded, wide-nosed,
     wide-petaled, wide-ranging, wide-reaching, wide-rimmed,
     wide-roving, wide-set, wide-spaced, wide-spanned, wide-streeted,
     wide-stretching, wide-tracked, wide-wayed, wide-winged, widespread,
     woman, young creature, young thing
  
  

  a. 宽广的;

     a. 宽广的,辽阔的,广大的,显著的,主要的
     ad. 宽阔地
     n. 宽阔部分