Meaning of side in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

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

  Example: A square has four sides.

• A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.

  Example: A cube has six sides.

• One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.

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

• A region in a specified position with respect to something.

  Example: Meet me on the north side of the monument.

• 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.

  Example: I generally sleep on my side.

• One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)

  Example: John wrote 15 sides for his essay!

• One possible aspect of a concept, person or thing.

  Example: Look on the bright side.

• One set of competitors in a game.

  Example: Which side has kick-off?

• A sports team.

• A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.

  Example: In the second world war, the Italians were on the side of the Germans.

• A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz.

• Sidespin; english

  Example: He had to put a bit of side on to hit the pink ball.

• A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched (from when there were only two channels).

  Example: I just want to see what's on the other side — James said there was a good film on tonight.

• A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.

  Example: Do you want a side of cole-slaw with that?

• A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.

  Example: his mother's side of the family

• The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher

  Example: Clayton Kershaw struck out the side in the 6th inning.

• An unjustified air of self-importance.

• A written monologue or part of a scene to be read by an actor at an audition.

• A man who prefers not to engage in anal sex during homosexual intercourse.

  Example: My boyfriend and I are both sides, so we prefer to do oral on each other.

verb

• To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"

  Example: Which will you side with, good or evil?

• To lean on one side.

• To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.

• To suit; to pair; to match.

• To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.

• To furnish with a siding.

  Example: to side a house

• To provide with, as a side or accompaniment.

adjective

• Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.

• Indirect; oblique; incidental.

  Example: a side issue; a side view or remark

verb

• To clear, tidy or sort.

adjective

• Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching.

• Far; distant.

adverb

• Widely; wide; far.