SkyfireDict

side   (TTS Sound)

The noun side has 12 senses

• side -- (a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location; "they always sat on the right side of the church"; "he never left my side")


• side -- (one of two or more contesting groups; "the Confederate side was prepared to attack")


• side -- (either the left or right half of a body; "he had a pain in his side")


• side, face -- (a surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf")


• side -- (an extended outer surface of an object; "he turned the box over to examine the bottom side"; "they painted all four sides of the house")


• side -- (an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect); "he was on the heavy side"; "he is on the purchasing side of the business"; "it brought out his better side")


• side -- (a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure; "the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side")


• side -- (a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side")


• side, side of meat -- (a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food)


• side, position -- (an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute; "there are two sides to every question")


• slope, incline, side -- (an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain")


• English, side -- ((sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist)

The verb side has 1 sense

• side -- (take sides for or against; "Who are you widing with?"; "I"m siding against the current candidate")

The adj side has 1 sense

• side -- (located on a side; "side fences"; "the side porch")