broad

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

   a broad political stance

2. 2
   adj

   not detailed or specific

   a broad rule

3. 3
   adj

   (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional

   a broad southern accent

4. 4
   adj

   very large in expanse or scope

   a broad lawn

5. 5
   noun

   term for a woman

   The broad can throw a mean punch.

6. 6
   adj

   Wide in extent or scope.

   three feet broad

7. 7
   adj

   Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.

   broad and open day

8. 8
   adj

   Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.

   a broad mixture of falsehood

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der.? Proto-Germanic *braidaz Proto-West Germanic *braid Old English brād Middle English brod English broad From Middle English brood, brode, from Old English brād (“broad, flat, open, extended, spacious, wide, ample, copious”), from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz (“broad, wide”), of uncertain origin. Cognates Cognate with Yola brode (“broad”), North Frisian bread, breeđ, briad, briid, briidj (“wide”), Saterland Frisian and West Frisian breed (“broad, wide”), Bavarian brad, broad (“broad, wide”), Central Franconian and Luxembou…