side

Meaning

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.
9. A sports team.
10. A group of morris dancers who perform together.
11. A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.
12. A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz.
13. Sidespin; english
14. A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched (from when there were only two channels).
15. (colloquial) A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.
16. A line of descent traced through a particular relative, usually a parent or spouse, as distinguished from that traced through another.
17. The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher.
18. (slang) An unjustified air of self-importance.
19. A written monologue or part of a scene to be read by an actor at an audition.
20. (slang) A man who prefers not to engage in anal sex during same-sex sexual activity.
21. (obsolete) A root.

flank

edge

side of body

to the side

side of meat

by the side of

part of

top side

a half

group of people

other party

side with

steep slope

this side

irrelevent

rivage

speak in favour

lying on the border

lumbus

lateral area

side face

lateral face

side of man’s chest

lateral surface profile plane

extremitas

costae rib

hand gear

lateral surface

point of the compass

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/saɪd/

table From Middle English side, from Old English sīde (“side, flank”), from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ (“side, flank, edge, shore”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēy- (“to send, throw, drop, sow, deposit”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Siede (“side”), West Frisian side (“side”), Dutch zijde, zij (“side”), German Low German Sied (“side”), German Seite (“side”), Danish and Norwegian side (“side”), Swedish sida (“side”).