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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

... man turned. "You can tell the Chief he's awake," he said. Zarwell followed his gaze to where a younger man, with a blond lock of hair on his forehead, stood behind him. The youth nodded and went out, while the other pulled a chair up to the side of Zarwell's cot. ...

— Monkey On His Back • Charles V. De Vet

... that the Talmud contains a great number of trivial subjects, which it treats with great seriousness. It contains, for example, dissertations upon sorcery and witchcraft as well as powerful religious precepts, and presents along-side of its wise and charitable maxims many utterances of an opposite nature. "For these faults the whole Talmud had often been held responsible, as a work of trifles, as a source of trickery, without taking into consideration that ...

— Rabbi and Priest - A Story • Milton Goldsmith

... when General Conference assigned them to the Committee on Hymn-Book Revision, power and authority were given unto them to put a half-sole and a new heel on any and all poetry that might look to them to be a little run over on one side. If they felt as I do about the lines that head this article they would have "Sunday" scratched out and "Sabbath" written in before you could bat an eye. The mere substitution of one word for another may seem a light matter to a man that has never composed ...

— Back Home • Eugene Wood

... consternation by his death, imputed, as usual, though without apparent foundation, to poison; and their respect for his memory was attested by the honors no less than royal, which they paid to his remains. His body, sumptuously attired, with his victorious sword by his side, was paraded in solemn procession through the illuminated streets of the city, and, after lying nine days in state, was deposited amid the lamentations of the people in the sepulchre of the sovereigns ...

— History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella V1 • William H. Prescott

... Down the side of this steep bluff, thickly overgrown with sage brush, mountain laurel, and jack pines; over rocks and through break-neck ravines and washouts, the soldiers and citizens picked their way with, all the skill and adroitness ...

— The Battle of the Big Hole • G. O. Shields

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