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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

... water, that ran in a deep eddy where the stream curved under the trees, Colonel Ashley sat fishing. Beside him on the grass a little boy, with black, curling hair, and deep, brown eyes, sat clicking a spare reel. Off to one side, in the shade, ...

— The Golf Course Mystery • Chester K. Steele

... or not, if he hadn't come back," chirped Dorothy, who was growing tired of the tragic side of Donald's picture,—"if he hadn't come back to take charge of us, and take us on board the ...

— Donald and Dorothy • Mary Mapes Dodge

... whereas Japanese history represents warfare as existing between Kara and Shiragi in 33 B.C., Korean history represents the conflict as having broken out in A.D. 77. There is a difference of just 110 years, and the strong probability of accuracy is on the Korean side. ...

— A History of the Japanese People - From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era • Frank Brinkley and Dairoku Kikuchi

... objection to the Sole-tiles is, that, in the drying which they undergo, preparatory to the burning, the upper side is contracted, by the more rapid drying, and they often require to be trimmed off with a hatchet before they will form even tolerable joints; another is, that they cannot be laid with collars, which form a joint so perfect and so secure, that their use, in the smaller ...

— Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health • George E. Waring

... themselves suddenly under the lee of the land and in smooth water, save for the long undulations of swell that came sweeping up to them from the southward. They were now coasting down the western side of the island; and here again Leslie was gratified to discover that the conclusions arrived at by him during his visit to the summit were correct; there was no beach throughout the whole length of the coast-line; nothing ...

— Dick Leslie's Luck - A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure • Harry Collingwood

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