[syn: aside, by, away]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Aside \A*side"\, adv. [Pref. a- + side.]
1. On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or
direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the
way; apart.
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Thou shalt set aside that which is full. --2 Kings
iv. 4.
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But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king.
--Shak.
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The flames were blown aside. --Dryden.
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2. Out of one's thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy
thoughts. "Lay aside every weight." --Heb. xii. 1.
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3. So as to be heard by others; privately.
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Then lords and ladies spake aside. --Sir W.
Scott.
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To set aside (Law), to annul or defeat the effect or
operation of, by a subsequent decision of the same or of a
superior tribunal; to declare of no authority; as, to set
aside a verdict or a judgment.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Aside \A*side"\, n.
Something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer
which the other players are not supposed to hear.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
aside
adv 1: on or to one side; "step aside"; "stood aside to let him
pass"; "threw the book aside"; "put her sewing aside when
he entered"
2: out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush
the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away" [syn:
aside, away]
3: not taken into account or excluded from consideration; "these
problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all joking
aside, I think you're crazy" [syn: apart, aside]
4: in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's
face"; "glanced away" [syn: away, aside]
5: placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose; "had a
feeling of being set apart"; "quality sets it apart"; "a day
set aside for relaxing" [syn: aside, apart]
6: in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside
money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has
a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day" [syn: aside, by,
away]
n 1: a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended
for others on the stage
2: a message that departs from the main subject [syn:
digression, aside, excursus, divagation,
parenthesis]