Definitions for wides

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wides wide

Spelling: [wahyd]

IPA: /waɪd/

Wides is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 56 anagrams from letters in wides (deisw).

Definitions for wides

noun

1. Cricket. a bowled ball that goes wide of the wicket, and counts as a run for the side batting.
2. Archaic. a wide space or expanse.

adverb

1. to the full extent of opening:
2. to the utmost, or fully:
3. away from or to one side of a point, mark, purpose, or the like; aside; astray:
4. over an extensive space or region, or far abroad:
5. to a great, or relatively great, extent from side to side:

adjective

1. having considerable or great extent from side to side; broad:
2. having a certain or specified extent from side to side:
3. of great horizontal extent; extensive; vast; spacious:
4. of great range or scope; embracing a great number or variety of subjects, cases, etc.:
5. open to the full or a great extent; expanded; distended:
6. apart or remote from a specified point or object:
7. too far or too much to one side:
8. Baseball. outside (def 16):
9. full, ample, or roomy, as clothing:
10. Phonetics. lax (def 7).
11. British Slang. shrewd; wary.

Origin of wides

before 900; Middle English; Old English wīd; cognate with Dutch wijd, German weit, Old Norse vīthr

Examples for wides

The ranges are wide enough, but they're a prison just the same.

But instead of just quietly releasing a statement through a publicist, she broadcasted her anger far and wide.

Mary Reynolds' eyes were wide with surprise and sudden hope.

An escort who goes by the name of “Tommy” has experienced a wide variety of female clients.

She threw herself on the wide divan, and he fixed pillows under her head.

The email appears to have been a relatively common attempt to gain personal information from a wide range of unwitting victims.

There was now but "one wide river to cross," and the cars rolled on to the bridge.

From far and wide, wild people flocked to the banks of the river.

The party sequence in Notorious begins with a wide shot from high above the top of the stairs, all glittering expanse below.

It had a wide brim and a tall crown, which created an insulated pocket of air and could also be used to carry water.