BROAD

Definitions

1. 1. Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
2. 2. Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
3. 3. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full. "Broad and open day." Bp. Porteus.
4. 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.
5. 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. 6. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
7. 7. Free; unrestrained; unconfined. As broad and general as the casing air. Shak.
8. 8. Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
9. 9. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
10. 10. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.