side
Meaning
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- A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
- A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
- One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
- A region in a specified position with respect to something.
- 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.
- One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)
- One possible aspect of a concept, person, or thing.
- One set of competitors in a game.
- A sports team.
- A group of morris dancers who perform together.
- A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.
- A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz.
- Sidespin; english
- A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched (from when there were only two channels).
- (colloquial) A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.
- A line of descent traced through a particular relative, usually a parent or spouse, as distinguished from that traced through another.
- The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher.
- (slang) An unjustified air of self-importance.
- A written monologue or part of a scene to be read by an actor at an audition.
- (slang) A man who prefers not to engage in anal sex during same-sex sexual activity.
- (obsolete) A root.
Concepts
side
flank
edge
direction
part
party
border
beside
aspect
lateral
facet
faction
half
bank
margin
surface
face
end
rim
wing
group
alongside
region
slope
corner
arm
place
area
shore
rib
fringe
wall
brink
quarter
brim
team
sidelight
way
section
river bank
piece
perimeter
hand
accessory
to the side
extremity
company
verge
zone
portion
periphery
English
dimension
waist
side of body
page
auxiliary
incidental
secondary
support
hem
limit
outline
extraneous
aside
besides
nearby
pole
district
base
phase
point of view
indirect
board
position
side of meat
incline
S
coast
camp
hillside
sidelong
leg
side by side
opposite side
hip
sideways
part of
another
boundary
other side
angle
vicinity
characteristic
sides
next to
field
respect
on the side
by the side of
adjunct
adventitious
ancillary
appurtenant
beneficial
helpful
helping
subsidiary
brow
flange
lip
marge
member
term
lateral surface
column
division
space
gang
band
body
flock
herd
swarm
train
point of the compass
irrelevent
location
matters
problem
question
presence
group of people
cause
clique
coterie
belt
sphere
school
sector
riverside
bearings
foot
pedestal
tip
view
plane
advocate
speak in favour
lying on the border
go with
square
behalf
means
medium
neighbourhood
path
pathway
side of man’s chest
component
aslant
bevel
circuitous
devious
oblique
slanting
pleura
lateral face
lateral surface profile plane
side face
rivage
extremitas
terminal
costa
costae rib
temple
faceted
heads
top side
hand gear
level
against
site
cheek
proximity
a half
opossum
possum
country
this side
instead
neighboring
next door
surrounding
inside
contingent
crew
platoon
loin
lumbus
broadside
sideboard
point
leaf
collateral
sidearm
tributary
terrace
lateral area
flanking
contact
join
parts
stand up
attitude
peculiarity
perspective
opposite
beach
cliff
steep slope
length
land
side dish
bottom
underpart
attribute
feature
property
streak
appearance
other party
towards
side with
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/saɪd/
Etymology
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”).
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