Found 4 items, similar to broad.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: broad
luas
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: broad
besar, bidang, global, kasar, lebar
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: broad
broad
adj 1: 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” [syn:
wide] [ant:
narrow]
2: 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” [syn:
across-the-board,
all-embracing,
all-encompassing,
all-inclusive,
blanket(a),
encompassing,
panoptic,
wide]
3: not detailed or specific;
“a broad rule”;
“the broad
outlines of the plan”;
“felt an unspecific dread” [syn:
unspecific]
4: lacking subtlety; obvious;
“gave us a broad hint that it was
time to leave” [syn:
unsubtle]
5: being at a peak or culminating point;
“broad day”;
“full
summer”;
“high noon” [syn:
broad(a),
full(a)]
6: very large in expanse or scope;
“a broad lawn”;
“the wide
plains”;
“a spacious view”;
“spacious skies” [syn:
spacious,
wide]
7: (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional;
“a broad
southern accent”
8: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness;
“a broad
political stance”;
“generous and broad sympathies”;
“a
liberal newspaper”;
“tolerant of his opponent's opinions”
[syn:
large-minded,
liberal,
tolerant]
broad
n : slang term for a woman;
“a broad is a woman who can throw a
mean punch”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Broad
Broad
\Broad\ (br[add]d), a. [Compar.
Broader
(br[add]d"[~e]r); superl.
Broadest.] [OE. brod, brad, AS.
br[=a]d; akin to OS. br[=e]d, D. breed, G. breit, Icel.
brei[eth]r, Sw. & Dan. bred, Goth. braids. Cf.
Breadth.]
1. Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed
to
narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch
broad.
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2. Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad
expanse of ocean.
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3. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
“Broad and open day.” --Bp. Porteus.
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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.
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A broad mixture of falsehood. --Locke.
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Note: Hence:
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5. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
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The words in the Constitution are broad enough to
include the case. --D. Daggett.
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In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way. --E.
Everett.
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6. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
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7. Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
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As broad and general as the casing air. --Shak.
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8. (Fine Arts) Characterized by breadth. See
Breadth.
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9. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad
joke; broad humor.
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10. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
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Note: Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide,
large, etc.; as, broad-chested, broad-shouldered,
broad-spreading, broad-winged.
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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.
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It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others,
or bring others down to them. --L'Estrange.
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Broad pennant. See under
Pennant.
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Syn: Wide; large; ample; expanded; spacious; roomy;
extensive; vast; comprehensive; liberal.
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Broad
\Broad\, n.
1. The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
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2. The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded
fen. [Local, Eng.] --Southey.
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3. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of
cylinders. --Knight.
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