side

noun

A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.

A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.

One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.

A region in a specified position with respect to something.

The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back.

One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)

One possible aspect of a concept, person, or thing.

One set of competitors in a game.

(UK, Australia, Ireland) A sports team.

A group of morris dancers who perform together.

A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.

(music) A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz.

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) Sidespin; english

(US, Canada, Philippines, colloquial) A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.

A line of descent traced through a particular relative, usually a parent or spouse, as distinguished from that traced through another.

(baseball) The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher.

(drama) A written monologue or part of a scene to be read by an actor at an audition.

(LGBTQ, slang) A man who prefers not to engage in anal sex during same-sex sexual activity.

An ancient city, archaeological site, and modern town in modern Antalya Province, Turkey, on a small peninsula on the Mediterranean coast of Anatolia, settled by Greeks from Cyme.

(British, Australia, Ireland, dated) A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched (from when there were only two channels).

(slang, dated, uncountable) An unjustified air of self-importance; a conceited attitude.

(mathematics, obsolete) A root.

verb

(intransitive) To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"

To lean on one side.

(transitive, shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.

(transitive) To furnish with a siding.

(transitive, cooking) To provide with, as a side or accompaniment.

To clear, tidy or sort.

(transitive, obsolete) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.

(transitive, obsolete) To suit; to pair; to match.

adjective

Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.

Indirect; oblique; incidental.

(Scotland) Far; distant.

(UK archaic, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching.

adverb

(UK dialectal) Widely; wide; far.

Synonyms for side

flankn sidewardsadv sideling slopen edgen inclinen sidewayadv bordern featheredgen facen

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