Broad

a.	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. A broad mixture of falsehood. - Locke.
	5.	Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged. The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case. - D. Daggett. In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way. - E. Everett.
	6.	Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
	7.	Free; unrestrained; unconfined. As broad and general as the casing air. - Shak.
	8.	(Fine Arts) 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. Broad acres See under Acre. Broad arrow originally a pheon. See Pheon, and Broad arrow under Arrow. As broad as long having the length equal to the breadth; hence, the same one way as another; coming to the same result by different ways or processes. It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others, or bring others down to them. - L'Estrange. Broad pennant See under Pennant.
n.	1.	The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
	2.	The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
	3.	A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
	4.	A woman, especially one who is sexually promiscuous; - usually considered offensive.

Noun	1.	broad - slang term for a woman; "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch"
Adj.	1.	broad - 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" Synonyms: wide
	2.	broad - 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" Synonyms: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, encompassing, panoptic, wide
	3.	broad - not detailed or specific; "a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread" Synonyms: unspecific
	4.	broad - lacking subtlety; obvious; "gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave" Synonyms: unsubtle
	5.	broad - being at a peak or culminating point; "broad day"; "full summer"; "high noon" Synonyms: full
	6.	broad - very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies" Synonyms: spacious, wide
	7.	broad - (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional; "a broad southern accent"
	8.	broad - showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions" Synonyms: large-minded, liberal, tolerant

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