broad

  • 41broad — adjective 1》 having a distance larger than usual from side to side; wide.     ↘of a specified distance wide. 2》 large in area or scope: a broad range of experience. 3》 without detail; general. 4》 (of a hint) clear and unambiguous. 5》 (of a… …

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  • 42broad — adj 1. wide, extensive, expansive, large; beamy, outspread, splay, spread out, thick, hippopo tamic; spacious, capacious, roomy, ample, commodious, voluminous. 2. immense, vast, sweeping, far reaching, far flung; unlimited, illimitable, unbounded …

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  • 43broad — See broad, wide …

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  • 44Broad — (derogatory and offensive) woman (from US slang; earlier meaning prostitute , used by pimps in the sense of meal ticket , from broad a ticket, from broads playing cards) …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 45broad — Australian Slang (derogatory and offensive) woman (from US slang; earlier meaning prostitute , used by pimps in the sense of meal ticket , from broad a ticket, from broads playing cards) …

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  • 46broad — [OE] Broad’s close relatives are widespread in the Germanic languages (German breit, for example, Dutch breed, and Swedish bred), pointing to a prehistoric Germanic ancestor *braithaz, but no trace of the word is found in any non Germanic Indo… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 47broad — n A woman (offensive). Never tangle with that broad; she s tough. 1940s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang

  • 48broad — adj. RG. 1. [brede], O. and N. 963 v. a. == make broad, part. ‘ibroded.’ O. and N. 1310 …

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  • 49broad —    a sexually complaisant female    The 15th century adjectival meaning, vulgar, survives only when we speak of humour or the accents of country folk. As a shortened form of broad woman, it refers to moral laxity rather than girth:     Give me… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 50broad —   Laulā, ākea.   Also: laha, lālaha, lālahalaha, pālaha, kīlaha, pālaulau, peleleu, moana, moanaana; omaliō (as land); kūpeleleu (as hips). Rare: ololā; pāna e (as a leaf).    ♦ Low and broad, as a door or bowl, pākākā …

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