Adjective
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"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"3. (used of eyes) fully open or extended;
"listened in round-eyed wonder""stared with wide eyes"4. very large in expanse or scope;
"a broad lawn""the wide plains""a spacious view""spacious skies"5. great in degree;
"won by a wide margin"6. great in range or scope;
"an extended vocabulary""surgeons with extended experience""extensive examples of picture writing""suffered extensive damage""a wide selection"7. having ample fabric;
"the current taste for wide trousers""a full skirt"8. not on target;
"the kick was wide""the arrow was wide of the mark""a claim that was wide of the truth"