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Adjective

1. Having a large physical extent from side to side.
2. Large in scope.
3. {{lb|en|slang|derogatory|humorous}} {{U|overweight}}, [[obese]].
4. {{lb|en|sports}} Operating at the side of the playing area.
5. On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
6. {{lb|en|phonetics|dated}} Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.
7. {{lb|en|Scotland|Northern England|now rare}} [[vast|Vast]], great in extent, [[extensive]].
8. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Located some distance away; [[distant]], [[far]]. {{defdate|15th–19th c.}}
9. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.
10. {{lb|en|computing}} Of or supporting a greater range of [[text]] [[character]]s than can fit into the traditional [[8-bit]] [[representation]].
11. {{lb|en|Great Britain|slang|only in "[[wide boy]]"}} [[sharp-witted|Sharp-witted]].

Adverb

1. [[extensively|Extensively]].
2. [[completely|Completely]].
3. [[away|Away]] from or to one [[side]] of a given [[goal]].
4. So as to [[leave]] or have a great [[space]] between the sides; so as to form a large [[opening]].

Noun

1. {{lb|en|cricket}} A [[ball]] that passes so [[far]] from the [[batsman]] that the [[umpire]] [[deem]]s it [[unplayable]]; the [[arm]] [[signal]] used by an [[umpire]] to signal a wide; the [[extra]] [[run]] added to the [[batting]] [[side]]'s score

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