side
verb
- take the side of, support
- put siding on a house
adjective
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L340427 on Wikidata ↗noun
- edge of a mathematical figure
- game player or team
- half of an object
- a visible object face
- surface of an object that is divided into parts, usually two parts
- act of choosing a side
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ̯d/ / [ˈsaɪ̯d] / /ˈsɑɪ̯d/ / /ˈsiː.deɪ/ / /ˈsi.deɪ/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English side, syde, syd, from Old English sīd (“wide, broad, spacious, ample, extensive, vast, far-reaching”), from Proto-West Germanic *sīd, from Proto-Germanic *sīdaz (“drooping, hanging, low, excessive, extra”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēy- (“to send, throw, drop, sow, deposit”). Cognate with obsolete Dutch zijd (“wide, vast”), Low German sied (“low”), Swedish sid (“long, hanging down”), Icelandic síður (“low hanging, long”).
- Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching.
“But when he perceaved that the sayd Pryest could not pourge himself of the foresayd crime he prively payed him his quarters wages before hande and suffered hym to departe without farther tryall of the sayd cryme: and now he jetteth in london wyth side gown and sarcenet typet as good a virgin priest as the best.”
“Hiz gooun had syde sleeuez dooun to midlegge, slit from the shooulder too the hand, & lined with white cotten.”
- Far; distant.
adv
Etymology: From Middle English side, syde, syd, from Old English sīd (“wide, broad, spacious, ample, extensive, vast, far-reaching”), from Proto-West Germanic *sīd, from Proto-Germanic *sīdaz (“drooping, hanging, low, excessive, extra”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēy- (“to send, throw, drop, sow, deposit”). Cognate with obsolete Dutch zijd (“wide, vast”), Low German sied (“low”), Swedish sid (“long, hanging down”), Icelandic síður (“low hanging, long”).
- Widely; wide; far.
name
Etymology: From Latin Side, from Ancient Greek Σίδη (Sídē).
- An ancient city, archaeological site, and modern town in modern Antalya Province, Turkey, on a small peninsula on the Mediterranean coast of Anatolia, settled by Greeks from Cyme.
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side From Middle English side, from Old English sīde (“side, flank”), from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ (“side, flank, edge, shore”), derived from *sīdaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“long, lasting”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Siede (“side”), West Frisian side (“side”), Dutch zijde, zij (“side”), German Low German Sied (“side”), German Seite (“side”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk side (“side”), Swedish sida (“side”). The LGBTQ slang sense was coined by sex therapist and author Joe Kort in 2010 and popularized in 2013. The sense was coined by analogy with top and bottom and based on the metaphor of a box which has a top, bottom, and sides.
- A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
“A square has four sides.”
- A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
“A cube has six sides.”
- One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
“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.”
- A region in a specified position with respect to something.
“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.”
- 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.
“Meronyms: flank, loin; latus, lumbus”
“I generally sleep on my side.”
- One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)
“John wrote 15 sides for his essay!”
- One possible aspect of a concept, person, or thing.
“Look on the bright side.”
“She has a mean side (to her).”
- One set of competitors in a game.
“Which side has kick-off?”
- A sports team.
“Newly promoted, they were top of the First Division and unbeaten when they took on a Manchester United side that had been revitalized by a new manager,[…].”
“It was no less than Valencia deserved after dominating possession in the final 20 minutes although Chelsea defended resolutely and restricted the Spanish side to shooting from long range.”
- A group of morris dancers who perform together.
- A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.
“there are two sides to every question”
“Although there are two sides to every story, the fallacy that they are inevitably equally ethical is called bothsidesism.”
- A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz.
“But Bechet chafed under even the loose discipline of the Ellington group, and left. Through these years he wandered, making only a few sides, at the moment when jazz records were beginning to flood onto the market.”
- Sidespin; english
“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).
“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.
“Do you want a side of cole-slaw with that?”
- A line of descent traced through a particular relative, usually a parent or spouse, as distinguished from that traced through another.
“his mother's side of the family”
“To sit upon thy father David's throne, / By Mothers side thy father.”
- The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher.
“Clayton Kershaw struck out the side in the 6th inning.”
- An unjustified air of self-importance; a conceited attitude.
“Indeed, Yeere was rapidly beginning to forget what he had been. One of his own rank and file put the matter brutally when he asked Yeere, in reference to nothing, “And who has been making you a Member of Council, lately? You carry the side of half a dozen of ’em.””
“Theobald posed as the most ardent lover imaginable, but, to use the vulgarism for the moment in fashion, it was all “side.””
- A written monologue or part of a scene to be read by an actor at an audition.
“Some directors use full scripts (book); others use “sides,” which consist of one or two words of the cue and the subsequent full speech of the individual actor.”
“The short scenes in this book are particularly useful for audition workshops since audition sides are rarely longer than two pages.”
- A person who prefers not to engage in anal sex during same-sex sexual activity.
“My boyfriend and I are both sides; we prefer to do oral and other stuff.”
- A root.
“And 9 is said to be the Square, 27 the Cube of 3, which is call'd the Side of 9 and 27, &c.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English side, syde, syd, from Old English sīd (“wide, broad, spacious, ample, extensive, vast, far-reaching”), from Proto-West Germanic *sīd, from Proto-Germanic *sīdaz (“drooping, hanging, low, excessive, extra”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēy- (“to send, throw, drop, sow, deposit”). Cognate with obsolete Dutch zijd (“wide, vast”), Low German sied (“low”), Swedish sid (“long, hanging down”), Icelandic síður (“low hanging, long”).
- To clear, tidy or sort.
“Meanwhile I have plenty to employ me, in siding drawers and locked places, which I left in the disgracefullest confusion ;”
“Now side everything away. The medicines too —put them in the cupboard.”