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    Broad , a. [Compar. Broader ; superl. Broadest.] [OE. brod, brad, AS. brād; akin to OS. brēd, D. breed, G. breit, Icel. breiðr, 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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      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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      ☞ 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, 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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    4. A woman, especially one who is sexually promiscuous; -- usually considered offensive. [slang]
      PJC

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