Definitions for sided

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sided sid·ed

Spelling: [sahy-did]

IPA: /ˈsaɪ dɪd/

Sided is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 39 anagrams from letters in sided (ddeis).

Definitions for sided

noun

1. one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
2. either of the two broad surfaces of a thin, flat object, as a door, a piece of paper, etc.
3. one of the lateral surfaces of an object, as opposed to the front, back, top, and bottom.
4. either of the two lateral parts or areas of a thing:
5. either lateral half of the body, especially of the trunk, of a human or animal.
6. the dressed, lengthwise half of an animal's body, as of beef or pork, used for food.
7. an aspect or phase, especially as contrasted with another aspect or phase:
8. region, direction, or position with reference to a central line, space, or point:
9. a slope, as of a hill.
10. one of two or more contesting teams, groups, parties, etc.:
11. the position, course, or part of a person or group opposing another:
12. line of descent through either the father or the mother:
13. the space immediately adjacent to something or someone indicated:
14. Informal. a side dish, as in a restaurant:
15. Usually, sides. Theater. pages of a script containing only the lines and cues of a specific role to be learned by a performer. the lines of the role.
16. Nautical. the hull portion that is normally out of the water, located between the stem and stern to port or starboard.
17. Billiards. English (def 8).
18. either of the two surfaces of a phonograph record or the two tracks on a audiotape. Slang. a phonograph record.
19. Chiefly British Slang. affected manner; pretension; assumed haughtiness: impudence; gall:

Idioms

1. on the side, Informal. separate from the main issue or point of interest. in addition to one's regular, or known work, interest, relationships, etc.: as a side dish:
2. on the adjective side, rather more than less; tending toward (the quality or condition specified):
3. side by side, next to one another; together. closely associated or related; in proximity:
4. take sides, to give one's support to one person or group in a dispute; be partial to one side:
5. the far side, the farther or opposite side:

adjective

1. having a specified number or kind of sides (often used in combination):
2. being at or on one side:
3. coming from one side.
4. directed toward one side:
5. subordinate or incidental:

Verb phrases

1. side with/against, to favor or support or refuse to support one group, opinion, etc., against opposition; take sides, as in a dispute:

Origin of sided

late Middle English word dating back to 1425-75; See origin at side¹, -ed³

Examples for sided

The Southerners were numerous in the mountains, and of course all sided with the South.

His younger brother John, from the outset, sided with the king.

“Yet the Golden Globes sided with Allen, in effect accusing Dylan either of lying or of not mattering,” he writes.

He presented the issues between capital and labor and sided with capital.

“American Embassy officials in Baghdad sided with Blackwater rather than the State Department investigators,” the paper notes.

The Bretons sided with John against the influence of France.

Those tickets are now being refunded after Fraser Agnew, the mayor of Newtownabbey sided with his fellow Unionists.

A federal judge last month sided with the organization, a fact that the Walker campaign seized on.

"You'd better wait a day," he said, gently; and Helen understood and sided with him.

On the Syria vote he sided with Sen. Paul, who opposed intervention.