7. On one side or the other of the mark; too far side-wise from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
Surely he shoots wide on the bow hand.
Spenser.
I was but two bows wide.
Massinger. 8. (Phon.) Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the mouth
organs; — opposed to primary as used by Mr. Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr. Sweet. The effect,
as explained by Mr. Bell, is due to the relaxation or tension of the pharynx; as explained by Mr. Sweet
and others, it is due to the action of the tongue. The wide of e (eve) is i (ill); of a (ate) is e etc. See
Guide to Pronunciation, § 13-15.
Wide is often prefixed to words, esp. to participles and participial adjectives, to form self-explaining compounds; as,
wide- beaming, wide-branched, wide-chopped, wide-echoing, wide-extended, wide-mouthed, wide-
spread, wide- spreading, and the like.
Far and wide. See under Far. — Wide gauge. See the Note under Cauge, 6.
Wide
(Wide), adv. [As. wide.]
1. To a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent; as, his fame was spread wide.
[I] went wyde in this world, wonders to hear.
Piers Plowman. 2. So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening. Shak.
3. So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose; aside; astray.
Wide
(Wide), n.
1. That which is wide; wide space; width; extent. "The waste wide of that abyss." Tennyson.
2. That which goes wide, or to one side of the mark.
Wide-awake
(Wide`-a*wake") a. Fully awake; not drowsy or dull; hence, knowing; keen; alert. Dickens.
Wide-awake
(Wide`-a*wake"), n. A broad-brimmed, low- crowned felt hat.
Widegap
(Wide"gap`) n. (Zoöl.) The angler; — called also widegab, and widegut.
Widely
(Wide"ly), adv.
1. In a wide manner; to a wide degree or extent; far; extensively; as, the gospel was widely disseminated
by the apostles.
2. Very much; to a great degree or extent; as, to differ widely in opinion.
Widen
(Wid"en) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Widened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Widening.] To make wide or wider; to
extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking.
Widen
(Wid"en), v. i. To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.
Arches widen, and long aisles extend.
Pope. Wideness
(Wide"ness) n.
