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Side

noun

1.

A place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location. "He never left my side"

2.

One of two or more contesting groups.

3.

Either the left or right half of a body.

4.

A surface forming part of the outside of an object. Synonym: face. "Dew dripped from the face of the leaf"

5.

An extended outer surface of an object. "They painted all four sides of the house"

6.

An aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect). "He is on the purchasing side of the business" , "It brought out his better side"

7.

A line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure.

8.

A family line of descent.

9.

A lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food. Synonym: side of meat.

10.

An opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute. Synonym: position.

11.

An elevated geological formation. Synonyms: incline, slope. "The house was built on the side of a mountain"

12.

(sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist. Synonym: English.

verb

(past & past part. sided; pres. part. siding)

1.

Take sides for or against. "I'm siding against the current candidate"

adjective

1.

Located on a side. "The side porch"

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"Side" Quotes from Famous Books

... balloon swayed and trembled—it looked far more dangerous than a nice substantial aeroplane, Mollie thought; and there was no control, they simply flew up and were blown hither and thither according to the will of the winds. Suppose they were blown against something and got a great rip in the side! ...

— The Happy Adventurers • Lydia Miller Middleton

... too soon. But just before the children said good night, the father took Hans one side and talked seriously yet lovingly with him. He told the boy of the faults he must still fight against. He spoke also of the improvement he had ...

— Bertha • Mary Hazelton Wade

... over the body of the dead Windy, had his fingers but tightened a trifle. He wondered if the minister would have talked in the same way—blatantly and without knowledge—of the virtues of the dead. In a chair at the side of the coffin the bereaved husband, in new black clothes, wept audibly. The baldheaded, officious undertaker kept moving nervously about, intent upon the ritual of ...

— Windy McPherson's Son • Sherwood Anderson

... play fast and loose with it, be not in and out with it; God is an avenger of all such: He is a jealous God, and will not hold them guiltless, who thus take His name in vain. They who swear by, or to the Lord, and swear by Malcham, are threatened to be cut off. To be on both sides, and to be on no side; neutrality and indifferency differ little, either in ...

— The Covenants And The Covenanters - Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation • Various

... "You are side-stepping again, Dick, and that won't go any longer. You've got to fish or cut bait, and do one or ...

— The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush • Francis Lynde

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