Etimology
From Middle English side, from Old English sīde (“side, flank”), from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ (“side, flank, edge, shore”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēy- (“to send, throw, drop, sow, deposit”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Siede (“side”), West Frisian side (“side”), Dutch zijde, zij (“side”), German Low German Sied (“side”), German Seite (“side”), Danish and Norwegian side (“side”), Swedish sida (“side”).
noun
side (countable and uncountable, plural sides)
A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
A region in a specified position with respect to something.
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.
One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)
One possible aspect of a concept, person, or thing.
One set of competitors in a game.
(UK, Australia, Ireland) A sports team.
A group of morris dancers who perform together.
A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.
(music) A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz.
(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) Sidespin; english
(British, Australia, Ireland, dated) A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched (from when there were only two channels).
(US, colloquial) A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.
A line of descent traced through a particular parent, as distinguished from that traced through another.
(baseball) The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher.
(slang, dated, uncountable) An unjustified air of self-importance.
(drama) A written monologue or part of a scene to be read by an actor at an audition.
(LGBT, slang) A man who prefers not to engage in anal sex during same-sex sexual activity.
(mathematics, obsolete) A root.
Examples
A square has four sides.
A cube has six sides.
Which side of the tray shall I put it on? The patient was bleeding on the right side.
We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. […] As we reached the lodge we heard the whistle, and we backed up against one side of the platform as the train pulled up at the other.
The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.
Meet me on the north side of the monument.
Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
I generally sleep on my side.
Roll the patient onto the left side so that head, shoulders, and torso move at the same time without twisting.
John wrote 15 sides for his essay!
Look on the bright side.
Which side has kick-off?
Newly promoted, they were top of the First Division and unbeaten when they took on a Manchester United side that had been revitalized by a new manager, […].
It was no less than Valencia deserved after dominating possession in the final 20 minutes although Chelsea defended resolutely and restricted the Spanish side to shooting from long range.
Initially, the English, Welsh, Scots and Irish unions refused to send national sides, preferring instead to send touring sides like the Barbarians, the Penguins, the Co-Optimists, the Wolfhounds, Crawshays Welsh, and the Public School Wanderers.
In the Second World War, the Italians were on the side of the Germans until Italy switched sides in 1943.
"Creating artificial rain over the Yellow Sea would help the Chinese side too," the spokesman said Kim told the meeting. Audio
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We have not always been of the […] same side in politics.
sets the passions on the side of truth
But Bechet chafed under even the loose discipline of the Ellington group, and left. Through these years he wandered, making only a few sides, at the moment when jazz records were beginning to flood onto the market.
He had to put a bit of side on to hit the pink ball.
I just want to see what's on the other side — James said there was a good film on tonight.
Do you want a side of cole-slaw with that?
his mother's side of the family
To sit upon thy father David's throne, / By Mothers side thy father.
Clayton Kershaw struck out the side in the 6th inning.
His manner never had been modest or retiring. Now it was unmistakably swanky; he was putting on side to an extent that made fellows who observed him smile and shrug their shoulders.
Some directors use full scripts ; others use “sides,” which consist of one or two words of the cue and the subsequent full speech of the individual actor.
The short scenes in this book are particularly useful for audition workshops since audition sides are rarely longer than two pages.
My boyfriend and I are both sides; we prefer to do oral and other stuff.
And 9 is said to be the Square, 27 the Cube of 3, which is call'd the Side of 9 and 27, &c.
Related words
synonyms
(bounding straight edge of an object): edge
(flat surface of an object): face
(left or right half): half
(surface of a sheet of paper): page
(region in a specified position with respect to something):
(one possible aspect of a concept):
(set of opponents in a game): team
(group having a particular allegiance in a war):
(television channel): channel, station (US)
hyponyms
A-side
away side
backside
Barkingside
beachside
bent-side
blindside
bright side
B-side
buy side
Clydeside
curbside
dark side
dark side of the Force
dayside
distaff side
downside
Downside
driverside
Eastside
east side, eastside
epistle side
foreside
gospel side
hanging side
hillside
home side
Humberside
inside
Kelvinside
kerbside
lakeside
leg side
light side of the Force
lineside
Merseyside
mountainside
near side
nearside
nightside
north side
Oceanside
offside
on side
open-side
opposite side
outside
quayside
right side
riverside
roadside
seaside
side gig
side hug
side money
side of bacon
side plank
south side
Speyside
stateside
supply slide
Tameside
tankside
Tayside
Test side
topside
touring side
trackside
Tyneside
underside
upperside, upper side
upside
westside
wrong side
adjective
side (comparative more side, superlative most side)
Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.
Indirect; oblique; incidental.
Examples
One mighty squadron with a side wind sped.
a side issue; a side view or remark
The law hath no side respect to their persons.
verb
side (third-person singular simple present sides, present participle siding, simple past and past participle sided)
(intransitive) To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"
To lean on one side.
(transitive, obsolete) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
(transitive, obsolete) To suit; to pair; to match.
(transitive, shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
(transitive) To furnish with a siding.
(transitive, cooking) To provide with, as a side or accompaniment.
Examples
Which will you side with, good or evil?
All rising to great place is by a winding star; and if there be factions, it is good to side a man's self, whilst he is in the rising, and to balance himself when he is placed.
All side in parties, and begin the attack.
How does it feel... to... side in with those who voted against you in 1947?
His blind eye that syded Paridell.
He had ſure read more , and carried more about him , in his excellent Memory , than any Man I ever knew , my Lord Falkland only excepted , who I think ſided him
to side a house
Entrees are sided with a generous portion of vegetables, and some include little surprises […]
A chocolate cakelette, caramel percolating from its warm top, is sided with peanut butter chantilly cream.
Related words
synonyms
(ally oneself):
take side
Etimology
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”).
adjective
side (comparative more side, superlative most side)
(UK archaic, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching.
(Scotland) Far; distant.
Examples
But when he perceaved that the sayd Pryest could not pourge himself of the foresayd crime he prively payed him his quarters wages before hande and suffered hym to departe without farther tryall of the sayd cryme: and now he jetteth in london wyth side gown and sarcenet typet as good a virgin priest as the best.
Hiz gooun had syde sleeuez dooun to midlegge, slit from the shooulder too the hand, & lined with white cotten.
What doe we make dost thou aske? why we make faces for feare: such as if thy mortall eyes could behold, would make thee water the long seames of thy side slops […]
By my troth, ’s but a night-gown in respect of yours: cloth o’ gold, and cuts, and laced with silver, set with pearls, down sleeves, side sleeves, and skirts, round underborne with a bluish tinsel […]
adverb
side (comparative more side, superlative most side)
(UK dialectal) Widely; wide; far.
verb
side (third-person singular simple present sides, present participle siding, simple past and past participle sided)
To clear, tidy or sort.
Examples
Meanwhile I have plenty to employ me, in siding drawers and locked places, which I left in the disgracefullest confusion ;
Now side everything away. The medicines too —put them in the cupboard.
As it had done then, Clare's heart, in a constant state of stress these days, missed a beat now, and she turned hastily to the table where she was siding the dinner things, doing her best to hide her expression which surely would give her away.