Side

/saɪd/ · noun

Meaning

A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape..

Definitions by Sense

1. A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
2. A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
3. One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
4. A region in a specified position with respect to something.
5. The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back.
6. One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)
7. One possible aspect of a concept, person, or thing.
8. One set of competitors in a game.

Example Sentences

A square has four sides.

A cube has six sides.

Which side of the tray shall I put it on?  The patient was bleeding on the right side.

We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine.[…]As we reached the lodge we heard the whistle, and we backed up against one side of the platform as the train pulled up at the other.

The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.

Meet me on the north side of the monument.

Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.

Meronyms: flank, loin; latus, lumbus

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Word Forms

• sides
• more side
• most side
• siding
• sided

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