Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wide \Wide\ (w[imac]d), a. [Compar. {Wider} (-[~e]r); superl.
   {Widest}.] [OE. wid, wyde, AS. w[=i]d; akin to OFries. & OS.
   w[=i]d, D. wijd, G. weit, OHG. w[=i]t, Icel. v[=i][eth]r, Sw.
   & Dan. vid; of uncertain origin.]
   1. Having considerable distance or extent between the sides;
      spacious across; much extended in a direction at right
      angles to that of length; not narrow; broad; as, wide
      cloth; a wide table; a wide highway; a wide bed; a wide
      hall or entry.

            The chambers and the stables weren wyde. --Chaucer.

            Wide is the gate . . . that leadeth to destruction.
                                                  --Matt. vii.
                                                  18.

   2. Having a great extent every way; extended; spacious;
      broad; vast; extensive; as, a wide plain; the wide ocean;
      a wide difference. ``This wyde world.'' --Chaucer.

            For sceptered cynics earth were far too wide a den.
                                                  --Byron.

            When the wide bloom, on earth that lies, Seems of a
            brighter world than ours.             --Bryant.

   3. Of large scope; comprehensive; liberal; broad; as, wide
      views; a wide understanding.

            Men of strongest head and widest culture. --M.
                                                  Arnold.

   4. Of a certain measure between the sides; measuring in a
      direction at right angles to that of length; as, a table
      three feet wide.

   5. Remote; distant; far.

            The contrary being so wide from the truth of
            Scripture and the attributes of God.  --Hammond.

   6. Far from truth, from propriety, from necessity, or the
      like. ``Our wide expositors.'' --Milton.

            It is far wide that the people have such judgments.
                                                  --Latimer.

            How wide is all this long pretense !  --Herbert.

   7. On one side or the other of the mark; too far side-wise
      from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.

            Surely he shoots wide on the bow hand. --Spenser.

            I was but two bows wide.              --Massinger.

   8. (Phon.) Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open
      and relaxed, condition of the mouth organs; -- opposed to
      primary as used by Mr. Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr.
      Sweet. The effect, as explained by Mr. Bell, is due to the
      relaxation or tension of the pharynx; as explained by Mr.
      Sweet and others, it is due to the action of the tongue.
      The wide of [=e] ([=e]ve) is [i^] ([i^]ll); of [=a]
      ([=a]te) is [e^] ([e^]nd), etc. See Guide to
      Pronunciation, [sect] 13-15.

   Note: Wide is often prefixed to words, esp. to participles
         and participial adjectives, to form self-explaining
         compounds; as, wide-beaming, wide-branched,
         wide-chopped, wide-echoing, wide-extended,
         wide-mouthed, wide-spread, wide-spreading, and the
         like.

   {Far and wide}. See under {Far}.

   {Wide gauge}. See the Note under {Cauge}, 6.

Wide \Wide\, adv. [As. w[imac]de.]
   1. To a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent;
      as, his fame was spread wide.

            [I] went wyde in this world, wonders to hear.
                                                  --Piers
                                                  Plowman.

   2. So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so
      as to form a large opening. --Shak.

   3. So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an
      object or purpose; aside; astray.

Wide \Wide\, n.
   1. That which is wide; wide space; width; extent. ``The waste
      wide of that abyss.'' --Tennyson.

   2. That which goes wide, or to one side of the mark.

Wide \Wide\, a. (Stock Exchanges)
   Having or showing a wide difference between the highest and
   lowest price, amount of supply, etc.; as, a wide opening;
   wide prices, where the prices bid and asked differ by several
   points.

Source : WordNet®

wide
     adj 1: having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the
            other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins";
            "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad
            shoulders"; "a broad river" [syn: {broad}] [ant: {narrow}]
     2: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases";
        "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against
        human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad
        applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"-
        T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn: {across-the-board},
         {all-embracing}, {all-encompassing}, {all-inclusive}, {blanket(a)},
         {broad}, {encompassing}, {panoptic}]
     3: (used of eyes) fully open or extended; "listened in
        round-eyed wonder"; "stared with wide eyes" [syn: {round-eyed},
         {wide-eyed}]
     4: very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide
        plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies" [syn: {broad},
         {spacious}]
     5: great in degree; "won by a wide margin" [ant: {narrow}]
     6: great in range or scope; "an extended vocabulary"; "surgeons
        with extended experience"; "extensive examples of picture
        writing"; "suffered extensive damage"; "a wide selection"
        [syn: {extended}, {extensive}]
     7: having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers";
        "a full skirt" [syn: {wide-cut}, {full}]
     8: not on target; "the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of
        the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth" [syn: {wide
        of the mark}]

wide
     adv 1: with or by a broad space; "stand with legs wide apart"; "ran
            wide around left end"
     2: to the fullest extent possible; "open your eyes wide"; "with
        the throttle wide open"
     3: far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the
        mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander" [syn:
         {astray}]
     4: to or over a great extent or range; far; "wandered wide
        through many lands"; "he traveled widely" [syn: {widely}]