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. "Broad and open day."
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." Note: Hence: -
5.Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged. "The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case." "In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way."
6.Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
7.Free; unrestrained; unconfined. "As broad and general as the casing air."
9.Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
10.Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent. Note: Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide, large, etc.; as, broad-chested, broad-shouldered, broad-spreading, broad-winged.
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