·superl Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
II. Broad ·superl Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
III. Broad ·superl Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
IV. Broad ·superl Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
V. Broad ·noun The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
VI. Broad ·superl Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
VII. Broad ·superl Characterized by breadth.
·see Breadth.
VIII. Broad ·noun A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
IX. Broad ·noun The
broad part of anything; as, the
broad of an
Oar.
X. Broad ·superl Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
XI. Broad ·superl Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
XII. Broad ·superl Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side;
- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
XIII. Broad ·superl 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.