'As broad as long' definitions:

Definition of 'As broad as long'

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  • Broad \Broad\ (br[add]d), a. [Compar. Broader (br[add]d"[~e]r); superl. Broadest.] [OE. brod, brad, AS. br[=a]d; akin to OS. br[=e]d, D. breed, G. breit, Icel. brei[eth]r, Sw. & Dan. bred, Goth. braids. Cf. Breadth.]
  • 1. Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full. "Broad and open day." --Bp. Porteus. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • A broad mixture of falsehood. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Hence: [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged. [1913 Webster]
  • The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case. --D. Daggett. [1913 Webster]
  • In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way. --E. Everett. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. Free; unrestrained; unconfined. [1913 Webster]
  • As broad and general as the casing air. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. (Fine Arts) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor. [1913 Webster]
  • 10. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide, large, etc.; as, broad-chested, broad-shouldered, broad-spreading, broad-winged. [1913 Webster]
  • Broad acres. See under Acre.
  • Broad arrow, originally a pheon. See Pheon, and {Broad arrow} under Arrow.
  • As broad as long, having the length equal to the breadth; hence, the same one way as another; coming to the same result by different ways or processes. [1913 Webster]
  • It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others, or bring others down to them. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
  • Broad pennant. See under Pennant. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Wide; large; ample; expanded; spacious; roomy; extensive; vast; comprehensive; liberal. [1913 Webster]