Broad /(bra̤d)/

Broad

a.
  1. Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
  2. Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
  3. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
  4. 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.
    A broad mixture of falsehood.
  5. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
    The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case.
    — D. Daggett.
    In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way.
    — E. Everett.
  6. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
  7. Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
    As broad and general as the casing air.
  8. Characterized by breadth. See Breadth. (Fine Arts)
  9. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
  10. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
    It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others, or bring others down to them.

Phrases & Compounds
Broad acres
See under Acre.
Broad arrow
originally a pheon. See Pheon, and Broad arrow under Arrow.
As broad as long
having the length equal to the breadth; hence, the same one way as another; coming to the same result by different ways or processes.
Broad pennant
See under Pennant.

Broad

n.
  1. The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
  2. The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen. [Local, Eng.]
  3. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
  4. A woman, especially one who is sexually promiscuous; -- usually considered offensive. [slang]