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broad \broad\ braddd, a. compar. broader
   braddd"~er; superl. broadest. oe. brod, brad, as.
   br=ad; akin to os. br=ed, d. breed, g. breit, icel.
   breiethr, 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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see also:
broader broadest breadth narrow broad acres acre 
broad arrow pheon broad arrow arrow as broad as long 
broad pennant pennant 

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