Main entry: wide, wide of the mark
Definition: not on target
Usage: the kick was wide; the arrow was wide of the mark; a claim that was wide of the truth
Main entry: full, wide, wide-cut
Definition: having ample fabric
Usage: the current taste for wide trousers; a full skirt
Main entry: broad, blanket, extensive, encompassing, panoptic, wide, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, across-the-board
Definition: broad in scope or content
Usage: 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
Main entry: broad, spacious, wide
Definition: very large in expanse or scope
Usage: a broad lawn; the wide plains; a spacious view; spacious skies
Definition: (used of eyes) fully open or extended
Usage: stared with wide eyes
Definition: having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
Usage: wide roads; a wide necktie; wide margins; three feet wide; a river two miles broad; broad shoulders; a broad river
Main entry: wide
Definition: great in degree
Usage: won by a wide margin
Definition: to or over a great extent or range; far
Usage: wandered wide through many lands; he traveled widely
Main entry: wide
Definition: with or by a broad space
Usage: stand with legs wide apart; ran wide around left end
Definition: far from the intended target
Usage: the arrow went wide of the mark; a bullet went astray and killed a bystander
Main entry: wide
Definition: to the fullest extent possible
Usage: open your eyes wide; with the throttle wide open