side
UK /ˈsiː.deɪ/ · US /ˈsi.deɪ/ noun, adjective, verb, adverb, proper noun
Forms sides siding sided
- noun A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape. “A square has four sides.”
- noun A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face. “A cube has six sides.”
- noun One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone. “Which side of the tray shall I put it on? The patient was bleeding on the right side.”
- noun A region in a specified position with respect to something. “Meet me on the north side of the monument.”
- noun The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back. “I generally sleep on my side.”
- noun One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.) “John wrote 15 sides for his essay!”
- noun One possible aspect of a concept, person, or thing. “Look on the bright side.”
- noun One set of competitors in a game. “Which side has kick-off?”
- adjective Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.
- adjective Indirect; oblique; incidental.
- verb (intransitive) To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with" “Which will you side with, good or evil?”
- verb To lean on one side.
- verb (transitive, obsolete) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
- verb (transitive, obsolete) To suit; to pair; to match.
- verb (transitive, shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
- verb (transitive) To furnish with a siding. “to side a house”
- verb (transitive, cooking) To provide with, as a side or accompaniment.
- adjective (UK archaic, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching.
- adjective (Scotland) Far; distant.
- adverb (UK dialectal) Widely; wide; far.
Synonyms
edge face half page team channel station take side side of meat position slope incline English
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English side, from Old English sīde (“side, flank”), from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ (“side, flank, edge, shore”), derived from *sīdaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“long, lasting”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Siede (“side”), West Frisian side (“side”), Dutch zijde, zij (“side”), German Low German Sied (“side”), German Seite (“side”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk side (“side”), Swedish sida (“side”).
The LGBTQ slang sense was coined by sex therapist and author Joe Kort in 2010 and popularized in 2013. The sense was coined by analogy with top and bottom and based on the metaphor of a box which has a top, bottom, and sides.
From Middle English side, syde, syd, from Old English sīd (“wide, broad, spacious, ample, extensive, vast, far-reaching”), from Proto-West Germanic *sīd, from Proto-Germanic *sīdaz (“drooping, hanging, low, excessive, extra”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēy- (“to send, throw, drop, sow, deposit”). Cognate with obsolete Dutch zijd (“wide, vast”), Low German sied (“low”), Swedish sid (“long, hanging down”), Icelandic síður (“low hanging, long”).
From Latin Side, from Ancient Greek Σίδη (Sídē).
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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.
- noun 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.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral.
- adjective Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a side issue; a side view or remark.
Etymology [AS. side; akin to D. zijde, G. seite, OHG. sita, Icel. si, Dan. side, Sw. sida; cf. AS. sid large, spacious, Icel. si long, hanging.]
Etymology [AS. sid. Cf Side, n.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “side”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details