| Side 1. (n.) The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distinguished from the shorter edges, called ends; a bounding line of a geometrical figure; as, the side of a field, of a square or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc. 2. (n.) Any outer portion of a thing considered apart from, and yet in relation to, the rest; as, the upper side of a sphere; also, any part or position viewed as opposite to or contrasted with another; as, this or that side. 3. (n.) One of the halves of the body, of an animals or man, on either side of the medial plane; or that which pertains to such a half; as, a side of beef; a side of sole leather. 4. (n.) The right or left part of the wall or trunk of the body; as, a pain in the side. 5. (n.) A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge. 6. (n.) The position of a person or party regarded as opposed to another person or party, whether as a rival or a foe; a body of advocates or partisans; a party; hence, the interest or cause which one maintains against another; a doctrine or view opposed to another. 7. (n.) A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another. 8. (n.) Fig.: Aspect or part regarded as contrasted with some other; as, the bright side of poverty. 9. (a.) of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral. 10. (a.) Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a side issue; a side view or remark. 11. (n.) Long; large; extensive. 12. (v. i.) To lean on one side. 13. (v. i.) To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, in opposition to another party; to take sides; as, to side with the ministerial party. 14. (v. t.) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward. 15. (v. t.) To suit; to pair; to match. 16. (v. t.) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides. 17. (v. t.) To furnish with a siding; as, to side a house. Thesaurus Entries Anschauung, Olympian detachment, Olympian loftiness, actor, adjoin, affectation, affiliation, aggressive self-confidence, air line, airs, ancillary, angle, angle of vision, antagonist, antihero, apparentation, arrogance, arrogantness, aspect, assumption of superiority, attitude, auxiliary, avert, axis, aye, backhand, backhanded, bank, basis, be partial to, bear off, beeline, befringe, bevel, bezel, bind, birth, bit, bit part, blood, bloodline, bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff, blustering, board, boast, boastfulness, boasting, bombast, book, border, borders, bordure, bound, boundaries, boundary, brag, braggadocio, braggartism, bragging, branch, bravado, breakaway group, breed, brim, brink, brow, bullying, bumptiousness, bustle, camp, carry away, carry off, cast, casual, caucus, cause, character, cheek by jowl, chestiness, chord, chute, circuitous, clad, coast, cockiness, common ancestry, con, conceit, conceitedness, condescendence, condescension, configuration, consanguinity, continuity, cue, deflectional, delocalize, derivation, descent, deviant, deviative, devious, diagonal, diameter, digressive, direct line, direction, directrix, dislodge, displace, disposition, distaff side, divagational, divergent, division, domineering, domineeringness, draw aside, ease off, easy slope, edge, edge off, edges, effect, eidolon, enframe, ethnic group, excursive, extra, extraction, eye, face, facet, faction, family, fanfaronade, fashion, fat part, favor, featheredge, feature, feeder, female line, figure, filiation, five, flange, flank, flanking, flanks, fleam, flurry, fluster, fly off, footing, form, frame, frame of reference, framework, fringe, fuss, gasconade, gasconism, gee, gentle slope, gestalt, glacis, glance, glance off, glancing, go off, grade, gradient, great-circle course, guise, hand, hanging gardens, haughtiness, haughty airs, hauteur, haw, head off, heavy, hectoring, helicline, hem, hero, heroics, heroine, high horse, highfaluting ways, hillside, hoity-toitiness, hoity-toity, house, image, imago, immodesty, impression, incidental, inclination, incline, inclined plane, inconsequential, inconsiderable, indirect, ingenue, insignificant, insolence, interest, interest group, intimidation, jactation, jactitation, jib, join up with, jointly, labellum, labium, labrum, lap, lateral, launching ramp, lay aside, lead, lead role, leading lady, leading man, leading woman, ledge, lee, leeward, left-handed, lesser, libretto, light, likeness, limb, limbus, limits, line, line of descent, lineage, lineaments, lines, lip, list, loftiness, lofty airs, look, make way for, male line |