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English adjective: side | |||
| 1. | side located on a side | ||
| Samples | Side fences. The side porch. | ||
| Similar | broadside, lateral, sidelong | ||
| Antonyms | bottom, top | ||
English noun: side | |||
| 1. | side (location) a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location | ||
| Samples | They always sat on the right side of the church. He never left my side. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | part, region | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bedside, blind side, dockside, east side, hand, north side, shipside, south side, west side | ||
| 2. | side (group) one of two or more contesting groups | ||
| Samples | The Confederate side was prepared to attack. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | social unit, unit | ||
| Domain category | game, government, political science, politics, war, warfare | ||
| 3. | side (body) either the left or right half of a body | ||
| Samples | He had a pain in his side. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | area, region | ||
| Part meronym | body, torso, trunk | ||
| Domain category | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna, homo, human, human being, man | ||
| 4. | side (location) a surface forming part of the outside of an object | ||
| Samples | He examined all sides of the crystal. Dew dripped from the face of the leaf. | ||
| Synonyms | face | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | surface | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | back end, backside, beam-ends, bottom, forepart, front, front end, lee, lee side, leeward, rear, top, top side, underside, undersurface, upper side, upside, windward | ||
| 5. | side (artifact) an extended outer surface of an object | ||
| Samples | He turned the box over to examine the bottom side. They painted all four sides of the house. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | surface | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | back, beam, broadside, edge, front, larboard, nearside, obverse, port, rear, reverse, sidewall, soffit, starboard, upper surface, verso | ||
| 6. | side (cognition) an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect) | ||
| Samples | He was on the heavy side. He is on the purchasing side of the business. It brought out his better side. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | aspect, facet | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | downside, hand | ||
| 7. | side (location) a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure | ||
| Samples | The hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | line | ||
| 8. | side (group) a family line of descent | ||
| Samples | He gets his brains from his father's side. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock | ||
| 9. | side (food) a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food | ||
| Synonyms | side of meat | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cut, cut of meat | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | side of beef, side of pork | ||
| 10. | side (communication) an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute | ||
| Samples | There are two sides to every question. | ||
| Synonyms | position | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | opinion, view | ||
| 11. | side (object) an elevated geological formation | ||
| Samples | He climbed the steep slope. The house was built on the side of a mountain. | ||
| Synonyms | incline, slope | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | formation, geological formation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | acclivity, ascent, bank, bank, camber, cant, canyonside, climb, coast, declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, escarpment, fall, hillside, mountainside, piedmont, raise, rise, scarp, ski slope, upgrade, versant | ||
| Part meronym | elevation, natural elevation | ||
| 12. | side (event) (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist | ||
| Synonyms | English | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | spin | ||
| Domain category | athletics, sport | ||
English verb: side | |||
| 1. | side (competition) take sides for or against | ||
| Samples | Who are you widing with?. I'm siding against the current candidate. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | align, array | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | pull, root for | ||
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