[syn: English, side]
VERB (1)
1. take sides for or against;
- Example: "Who are you widing with?"
- Example: "I"m siding against the current candidate"
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. located on a side;
- Example: "side fences"
- Example: "the side porch"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Side \Side\ (s[imac]d), n. [AS. s[imac]de; akin to D. zijde, G.
seite, OHG. s[imac]ta, Icel. s[imac]?a, Dan. side, Sw. sida;
cf. AS. s[imac]d large, spacious, Icel. s[imac]?r long,
hanging.]
1. The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface;
especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in
shape), one of the longer edges as distinguished from the
shorter edges, called ends; a bounding line of a
geometrical figure; as, the side of a field, of a square
or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc.
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3. Any outer portion of a thing considered apart from, and
yet in relation to, the rest; as, the upper side of a
sphere; also, any part or position viewed as opposite to
or contrasted with another; as, this or that side.
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Looking round on every side beheld
A pathless desert. --Milton.
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4.
(a) One of the halves of the body, of an animals or man,
on either side of the mesial plane; or that which
pertains to such a half; as, a side of beef; a side of
sole leather.
(b) The right or left part of the wall or trunk of the
body; as, a pain in the side.
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One of the soldiers with a spear pierced his
side. --John xix.
34.
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5. A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed
to another slope over the ridge.
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Along the side of yon small hill. --Milton.
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6. The position of a person or party regarded as opposed to
another person or party, whether as a rival or a foe; a
body of advocates or partisans; a party; hence, the
interest or cause which one maintains against another; a
doctrine or view opposed to another.
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God on our side, doubt not of victory. --Shak.
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We have not always been of the . . . same side in
politics. --Landor.
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Sets the passions on the side of truth. --Pope.
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7. A line of descent traced through one parent as
distinguished from that traced through another.
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To sit upon thy father David's throne,
By mother's side thy father. --Milton.
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8. Fig.: Aspect or part regarded as contrasted with some
other; as, the bright side of poverty.
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By the side of, close at hand; near to.
Exterior side. (Fort.) See Exterior, and Illust. of
Ravelin.
Interior side (Fort.), the line drawn from the center of
one bastion to that of the next, or the line curtain
produced to the two oblique radii in front. --H. L. Scott.
Side by side, close together and abreast; in company or
along with.
To choose sides, to select those who shall compete, as in a
game, on either side.
To take sides, to attach one's self to, or give assistance
to, one of two opposing sides or parties.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Side \Side\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sided; p. pr. & vb. n.
Siding.]
1. To lean on one side. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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2. To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its
interest, in opposition to another party; to take sides;
as, to side with the ministerial party.
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All side in parties, and begin the attack. --Pope.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Side \Side\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the
side, or toward the side; lateral.
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One mighty squadron with a side wind sped. --Dryden.
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2. Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a
side issue; a side view or remark.
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The law hath no side respect to their persons.
--Hooker.
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3. [AS. s[imac]d. Cf Side, n.] Long; large; extensive.
[Obs. or Scot.] --Shak.
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His gown had side sleeves down to mid leg.
--Laneham.
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Side action, in breech-loading firearms, a mechanism for
operating the breech block, which is moved by a lever that
turns sidewise.
Side arms, weapons worn at the side, as sword, bayonet,
pistols, etc.
Side ax, an ax of which the handle is bent to one side.
Side-bar rule (Eng. Law.), a rule authorized by the courts
to be granted by their officers as a matter of course,
without formal application being made to them in open
court; -- so called because anciently moved for by the
attorneys at side bar, that is, informally. --Burril.
Side box, a box or inclosed seat on the side of a theater.
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To insure a side-box station at half price.
--Cowper.
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Side chain,
(a) one of two safety chains connecting a tender with a
locomotive, at the sides.
(b) (Chem.) a chain of atoms attached to the main
structure of a large molecule, especially of a
polymer.
Side cut, a canal or road branching out from the main one.
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Side dish, one of the dishes subordinate to the main
course.
Side glance, a glance or brief look to one side.
Side hook (Carp.), a notched piece of wood for clamping a
board to something, as a bench.
Side lever, a working beam of a side-lever engine.
Side-lever engine, a marine steam engine having a working
beam of each side of the cylinder, near the bottom of the
engine, communicating motion to a crank that is above
them.
Side pipe (Steam Engine), a steam or exhaust pipe
connecting the upper and lower steam chests of the
cylinder of a beam engine.
Side plane, a plane in which the cutting edge of the iron
is at the side of the stock.
Side posts (Carp.), posts in a truss, usually placed in
pairs, each post set at the same distance from the middle
of the truss, for supporting the principal rafters,
hanging the tiebeam, etc.
Side rod.
(a) One of the rods which connect the piston-rod crosshead
with the side levers, in a side-lever engine.
(b) See Parallel rod, under Parallel.
Side screw (Firearms), one of the screws by which the lock
is secured to the side of a firearm stock.
Side table, a table placed either against the wall or aside
from the principal table.
Side tool (Mach.), a cutting tool, used in a lathe or
planer, having the cutting edge at the side instead of at
the point.
Side wind, a wind from one side; hence, an indirect attack,
or indirect means. --Wright.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Side \Side\, v. t.
1. To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
[Obs.]
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His blind eye that sided Paridell. --Spenser.
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2. To suit; to pair; to match. [Obs.] --Clarendon.
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3. (Shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain
thickness by trimming the sides.
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4. To furnish with a siding; as, to side a house.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
side
adj 1: located on a side; "side fences"; "the side porch" [ant:
bottom(a), top(a)]
n 1: a place within a region identified relative to a center or
reference location; "they always sat on the right side of
the church"; "he never left my side"
2: one of two or more contesting groups; "the Confederate side
was prepared to attack"
3: either the left or right half of a body; "he had a pain in
his side"
4: a surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he
examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the
face of the leaf" [syn: side, face]
5: an extended outer surface of an object; "he turned the box
over to examine the bottom side"; "they painted all four
sides of the house"
6: an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied
aspect); "he was on the heavy side"; "he is on the purchasing
side of the business"; "it brought out his better side"
7: a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane
figure; "the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the
longest side"
8: a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his
father's side"
9: a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for
food [syn: side, side of meat]
10: an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an
argument or dispute; "there are two sides to every question"
[syn: side, position]
11: an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep
slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain"
[syn: slope, incline, side]
12: (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side
or releasing it with a sharp twist [syn: English, side]
v 1: take sides for or against; "Who are you widing with?"; "I"m
siding against the current candidate"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
488 Moby Thesaurus words for "side":
Anschauung, Olympian detachment, Olympian loftiness, actor, adjoin,
affectation, affiliation, aggressive self-confidence, air line,
airs, ancillary, angle, angle of vision, antagonist, antihero,
apparentation, arrogance, arrogantness, aspect,
assumption of superiority, attitude, auxiliary, avert, axis, aye,
backhand, backhanded, bank, basis, be partial to, bear off,
beeline, befringe, bevel, bezel, bind, birth, bit, bit part, blood,
bloodline, bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff, blustering, board,
boast, boastfulness, boasting, bombast, book, border, borders,
bordure, bound, boundaries, boundary, brag, braggadocio,
braggartism, bragging, branch, bravado, breakaway group, breed,
brim, brink, brow, bullying, bumptiousness, bustle, camp,
carry away, carry off, cast, casual, caucus, cause, character,
cheek by jowl, chestiness, chord, chute, circuitous, clad, coast,
cockiness, common ancestry, con, conceit, conceitedness,
condescendence, condescension, configuration, consanguinity,
continuity, cue, deflectional, delocalize, derivation, descent,
deviant, deviative, devious, diagonal, diameter, digressive,
direct line, direction, directrix, dislodge, displace, disposition,
distaff side, divagational, divergent, division, domineering,
domineeringness, draw aside, ease off, easy slope, edge, edge off,
edges, effect, eidolon, enframe, ethnic group, excursive, extra,
extraction, eye, face, facet, faction, family, fanfaronade,
fashion, fat part, favor, featheredge, feature, feeder,
female line, figure, filiation, five, flange, flank, flanking,
flanks, fleam, flurry, fluster, fly off, footing, form, frame,
frame of reference, framework, fringe, fuss, gasconade, gasconism,
gee, gentle slope, gestalt, glacis, glance, glance off, glancing,
go off, grade, gradient, great-circle course, guise, hand,
hanging gardens, haughtiness, haughty airs, hauteur, haw, head off,
heavy, hectoring, helicline, hem, hero, heroics, heroine,
high horse, highfaluting ways, hillside, hoity-toitiness,
hoity-toity, house, image, imago, immodesty, impression,
incidental, inclination, incline, inclined plane, inconsequential,
inconsiderable, indirect, ingenue, insignificant, insolence,
interest, interest group, intimidation, jactation, jactitation,
jib, join up with, jointly, labellum, labium, labrum, lap, lateral,
launching ramp, lay aside, lead, lead role, leading lady,
leading man, leading woman, ledge, lee, leeward, left-handed,
lesser, libretto, light, likeness, limb, limbus, limits, line,
line of descent, lineage, lineaments, lines, lip, list, loftiness,
lofty airs, look, make way for, male line, manhandle, manner,
march, marge, margin, marginal, marginate, margins, mental outlook,
minor, minority group, move, move aside, nay, next-beside, nine,
no, normal, oblique, obtrusiveness, occasional, odd, off, offshoot,
opinion, out-of-the-way, outlook, overbearing pride,
overbearingness, overweening pride, part, part-time, party,
patronization, patronizing, patronizing attitude, perimeter,
periphery, perkiness, perpendicular, person, personage, pertness,
phase, phasis, philosophy, phylum, piece, pitch, place, plane,
playbook, point of view, political party, position, posture,
prefer, pressure group, pretension, pretensions, pretentiousness,
pride, pro, protagonist, proudness, purfle, purl, purse-pride,
put aside, race, radius, radius vector, ragged edge, ramp, rant,
reference, reference system, regard, relocate, remove, respect,
right line, rim, rodomontade, role, scarp, scenario, scene plot,
school, score, script, secant, secondary, sect, sector, seed,
seeming, segment, self-assertiveness, self-conceit, selvage,
semblance, send, sept, set aside, set off, shape, sheer off,
shelving beach, shift, shooting script, shore, shortcut,
shove aside, show preference, shunt, shy, shy off, side with,
sideline, sideling, sidelong, sides, sidestep, sidetrack, sideward,
sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise, sidle, sight,
silent majority, simulacrum, sinister, sinistral, situation, skin,
skirt, skirting, slant, slope, soubrette, spare, spear side,
spindle side, splinter, splinter group, splutter, sputter, squad,
stance, stand, standpoint, steep slope, steer clear of, stem,
step aside, stiff climb, stiff-necked pride, stirps, stock,
straight, straight course, straight line, straight part,
straight stretch, straightaway, strain, streamline, string, style,
subordinate, subsidiary, succession, superbia, support,
supporting character, supporting role, surface, swagger, swank,
swashbucklery, swelled head, swelled-headedness, switch,
sword side, system, take away, take sides, take sides with, talus,
tangent, tangential, team, team up with, text, the affirmative,
the negative, thirteen, throw in with, title role, together,
toploftiness, total effect, transversal, trim, turn aside,
turn away, turn back, twist, unimportant, universe, uppishness,
uppityness, vain pretensions, vanity, vaporing, vaunt, vauntery,
vaunting, vector, veer off, verge, view, viewpoint, villain,
vocal minority, walk-on, walking part, weather, windward, wing,
wise