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Side

sʌɪd

Side definitions
noun
side sides sidespin
  1. a position to the left or right of an object, place, or central point

    "a town on the other side of the river"

    • either of the two halves of an object, surface, or place regarded as divided by an imaginary central line

      "she lay on her side of the bed"

    • the right or the left part of a person's or animal's body, especially of the human torso

      "he has been paralysed down his right side since birth"

    • a place or position closely adjacent to someone

      "his wife stood at his side"

    • either of the lateral halves of the body of a butchered animal, or of an animal prepared for eating

      "a side of beef"

  2. an upright or sloping surface of a structure or object that is not the top or bottom and generally not the front or back

    "a car crashed into the side of the house"

    • the part of the hull of a boat extending from stem to stern between the gunwale and the waterline

      "he hefted the anchor over the side"

    • each of the flat surfaces of a solid object

      "cubes with a different decoration on each of the six sides"

    • either of the two surfaces of something flat and thin, such as paper

      "comments should not exceed one side of A4 paper"

    • the amount of writing needed to fill one side of a sheet of paper

      "do not write more than three sides"

    • either of the two faces of a record or of the two separate tracks on a length of recording tape

      "the other side of the original 78 is free of any distortion"

  3. a part or region near the edge and away from the middle of something

    "a minibus was parked at the side of the road"

    • each of the lines forming the boundary of a plane rectilinear figure

      "the farm buildings formed three sides of a square"

  4. a person or group opposing another or others in a dispute, contest, or debate

    "the two sides agreed to resume border trade"

    • a sports team

      "there was a mixture of old and young players in their side"

    • the position, interests, or attitude of one person or group, especially when regarded as being in opposition to another or others

      "Mrs Burt hasn't kept her side of the bargain"

  5. a particular aspect of a situation or a person's character

    "her ability to put up with his disagreeable side"

    • a person's kinship or line of descent as traced through either their father or mother

      "Richard was of French descent on his mother's side"

  6. a television channel considered as one of two or more that are available

    "what's on the other side?"

  7. subsidiary to or less important than something

    "a side dish of fresh vegetables"

    • a dish served as subsidiary to the main one

      "sides of German potato salad and red cabbage"

  8. horizontal spinning motion given to a ball
    • spin given to the cue ball in snooker and billiards by hitting it on one side
  9. boastful or pretentious manner or attitude

    "there was absolutely no side to him"

  10. either of a pair of things

    "a pair of shoes, one side winged by a bullet"

verb
side sided sides siding
  1. support or oppose in a conflict, dispute, or debate

    "he felt that Max had betrayed him by siding with Beatrice"

    support give one's support to take the part of take the side of be on the side of stand by stand up for stick up for be supportive of encourage back back up give one's backing to uphold take to one's heart be loyal to defend come to the defence of champion ally (oneself) with associate oneself with sympathize with favour prefer abet aid and abet
  2. provide with a side or sides; form the side of

    "the hills that side a long valley"