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side
(s/aI/d )

adjective (a)

  • located on a side(adj.all)
    Example:
    Side fences.
    The side porch.
    Antonym:
    bottom
    source: wordnet30
  • Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location(noun.location)
    Example:
    They always sat on the right side of the church.
    He never left my side.
    source: wordnet30
  • one of two or more contesting groups(noun.group)
    Example:
    The Confederate side was prepared to attack.
    source: wordnet30
  • either the left or right half of a body(noun.body)
    Example:
    He had a pain in his side.
    source: wordnet30
  • a surface forming part of the outside of an object(noun.location)
    Example:
    He examined all sides of the crystal.
    Synonym:
    face
    source: wordnet30
  • an extended outer surface of an object(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    He turned the box over to examine the bottom side.
    They painted all four sides of the house.
    source: wordnet30
  • an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect)(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    He was on the heavy side.
    He is on the purchasing side of the business.
    It brought out his better side.
    source: wordnet30
  • a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure(noun.location)
    Example:
    The hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side.
    source: wordnet30
  • a family line of descent(noun.group)
    Example:
    He gets his brains from his father's side.
    source: wordnet30
  • a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food(noun.food)
    Synonym:
    side of meat
    source: wordnet30
  • an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute(noun.communication)
    Example:
    There are two sides to every question.
    Synonym:
    position
    source: wordnet30
  • an elevated geological formation(noun.object)
    Example:
    The house was built on the side of a mountain.
    Synonym:
    incline, slope
    source: wordnet30
  • (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist(noun.event)
    Synonym:
    english
    source: wordnet30
  • The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distinguished from the shorter edges, called ends; a bounding line of a geometrical figure; as, the side of a field, of a square or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • take sides for or against(verb.competition)
    source: wordnet30
  • To lean on one side.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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