Definitions for the word, side

(a.) Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a side issue; a side view or remark.

(a.) Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral.

(n.) A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.

(n.) A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge.

(n.) Any outer portion of a thing considered apart from, and yet in relation to, the rest; as, the upper side of a sphere; also, any part or position viewed as opposite to or contrasted with another; as, this or that side.

(n.) Fig.: Aspect or part regarded as contrasted with some other; as, the bright side of poverty.

(n.) Long; large; extensive.

(n.) One of the halves of the body, of an animals or man, on either side of the mesial plane; or that which pertains to such a half; as, a side of beef; a side of sole leather.

(n.) The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distinguished from the shorter edges, called ends; a bounding line of a geometrical figure; as, the side of a field, of a square or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc.

(n.) The position of a person or party regarded as opposed to another person or party, whether as a rival or a foe; a body of advocates or partisans; a party; hence, the interest or cause which one maintains against another; a doctrine or view opposed to another.

(n.) The right or left part of the wall or trunk of the body; as, a pain in the side.

(v. i.) To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, in opposition to another party; to take sides; as, to side with the ministerial party.

(v. i.) To lean on one side.

(v. t.) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.

(v. t.) To furnish with a siding; as, to side a house.

(v. t.) To suit; to pair; to match.

(v. t.) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.


13 words found in the Scrabble word, side



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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