wide

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   with or by a broad space

   stand with legs wide apart

2. 2
   adv

   far from the intended target

   the arrow went wide of the mark

3. 3
   adv

   to the fullest extent possible

   open your eyes wide

4. 4
   adj

   not on target

   the kick was wide

5. 5
   adj

   having ample fabric

   the current taste for wide trousers

6. 6
   adj

   (used of eyes) fully open or extended

   stared with wide eyes

7. 7
   adj

   having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

   wide roads

8. 8
   adj

   great in degree

   won by a wide margin

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English wid, wyd, from Old English wīd (“wide, vast, broad, long; distant, far”), from Proto-Germanic *wīdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“to divide, separate”), a dissimilated univerbation from *dwi- (“apart, asunder, in two”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian widj (“wide”), Saterland Frisian wied (“wide”), West Frisian wiid (“broad; wide”), Central Franconian weck, weit, wick, wiet (“distant, far, wide”), Dutch wijd (“wide; large; broad”), German weit (“far; wide; broad”), Luxembourgish weit (“wide”), wäit (“far”), Yid…