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(1):

(superl.) Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.

(2):

(superl.) Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; - applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive.

(3):

(superl.) Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.

(4):

(superl.) Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.

(5):

(superl.) Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; - opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.

(6):

(superl.) Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.

(7):

(superl.) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.

(8):

(superl.) Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.

(9):

(superl.) Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.

(10):

(n.) The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.

(11):

(n.) The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.

(12):

(n.) A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.

(13):

(superl.) Free; unrestrained; unconfined.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Broad'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/broad.html. 1828.
 
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