meaning of broad
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.
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.
5. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
6. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
7. Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
8. 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.
11. The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
12. The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
13. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
14. A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, intermediate between the High Church party and the Low Church, or evangelical, party. The term has been applied to other bodies of men holding liberal or comprehensive views of Christian doctrine and fellowship.
15. A wider distance between the rails than the "standard" gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge.
16. The great seal of England; the public seal of a country or state.
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