Broadly; openly; plainly.
Widely; copiously; abundantly.
Broadly; fully.
To make broad; spread.
Wide; having great breadth, as distinguished from length and thickness; used absolutely, having much width or breadth; not narrow: as, a strip no broader than one's hand; a broad river or street.
Large superficially; extensive; vast: as, the broad expanse of ocean.
Figuratively, not limited or narrow; liberal; comprehensive; enlarged: as, a man of broad views.
Specifically Inclined to the Broad Church, or to the views held by the Broad-Church party of the Church of England. See Episcopal.
Large in measure or degree; not small or slight; ample; consummate.
Widely diffused; open; full: as, in broad sunshine; broad daylight.
Unconfined; free; unrestrained.
Unrestrained by a sense of propriety or fitness; unpolished; loutish.
Unrestrained by considerations of decency; indelicate; indecent.
Unrestrained by fear or caution; bold; unreserved.
Characterized by a full, strong utterance; coarsely vigorous; not weak or slender in sound: as, broad Scotch; broad Doric; a broad vowel, such as ä or â or ō.
Plain; evident.
In the fine arts, characterized by breadth: as, a picture remarkable for the broad treatment of its subject. See breadth, 3.
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A shallow, fenny lake formed by the expansion of a river over adjacent flat land covered more or less with a reedy growth; a flooded fen, or lake in a fen: as, the Norfolk broads.
noun.
In mech., a tool used for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders in the lathe.
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An English coin first issued in 1619 by James I., and worth at the time 20s. The coin was also issued subsequently. Also called laurel and broad-piece.