Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Abroad \A*broad"\, adv. [Pref. a- + broad.]
   1. At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree
      spreads its branches abroad.

            The fox roams far abroad.             --Prior.

   2. Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from
      one's abode; as, to walk abroad.

            I went to St. James', where another was preaching in
            the court abroad.                     --Evelyn.

   3. Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as,
      we have broils at home and enemies abroad. ``Another
      prince . . . was living abroad.'' --Macaulay.

   4. Before the public at large; throughout society or the
      world; here and there; widely.

            He went out, and began to publish it much, and to
            blaze abroad the matter.              --Mark i. 45.

   {To be abroad}.
      (a) To be wide of the mark; to be at fault; as, you are
          all abroad in your guess.
      (b) To be at a loss or nonplused.

Source : WordNet®

abroad
     adj : in a foreign country; "markets abroad"; "overseas markets"
           [syn: {overseas}]
     adv 1: to or in a foreign country; "they had never travelled
            abroad"
     2: far away from home or one's usual surroundings; "looking
        afield for new lands to conquer"- R.A.Hall [syn: {afield}]
     3: in a place across an ocean [syn: {overseas}, {beyond the sea},
         {over the sea}]