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Webster 1913 Edition

Broad

Broad

(bra̤d)
,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Broader
(bra̤d′ẽr)
;
sup
erl.
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
.
2.
Extending far and wide; extensive; vast;
as, the
broad
expanse of ocean
.
3.
Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
“Broad and open day.”
Bp. Porteus.
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.
A
broad
mixture of falsehood.
Locke.
Hence: -
5.
Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
The words in the Constitution are
broad
enough to include the case.
D. Daggett.
In a
broad
, statesmanlike, and masterly way.
E. Everett.
6.
Plain; evident;
as, a
broad
hint
.
7.
Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
As
broad
and general as the casing air.
Shakespeare
8.
(Fine Arts)
Characterized by breadth. See
Breadth
.
9.
Cross; coarse; indelicate;
as, a
broad
compliment; a
broad
joke;
broad
humor
.
10.
Strongly marked;
as, a
broad
Scotch accent
.
☞ Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide, large, etc.;
as,
broad
-chested,
broad
-shouldered,
broad
-spreading,
broad
-winged
.
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.
It is as
broad as long
, whether they rise to others, or bring others down to them.
L’Estrange.
Broad pennant
.
See under
Pennant
.
Syn. – Wide; large; ample; expanded; spacious; roomy; extensive; vast; comprehensive; liberal.

Broad

,
Noun.
1.
The broad part of anything;
as, the
broad
of an oar
.
2.
The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
[Local, Eng.]
Southey.
3.
A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
Knight.

Webster 1828 Edition

Broad

BROAD

,
Adj.
brawd. [L. gradior; a root of extensive use.]
1.
Wide; extended in breadth, or from side to side, as distinguished from long, or extended from end to end. It is opposed to narrow; as a broad street; a broad table.
2.
Wide; extensive; vast; as the broad expanse of ocean.
3.
Large; as a broad mixture of falsehood.
4.
Open; clear; not covered,confined or concealed; as in broad sunshine.
5.
Gross; coarse; as broad mirth; broad nonsense.
6.
Plain; tending to obscenity; as a broad comment.
7.
Bold; not delicate; not reserved; as broad words.
8.
Comprehensive.
It may be urged that the words in the constitution are broad enough to include the case.
Broad as long, equal upon the whole.

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