WIDE
WIDE, adjective1. Broad; having a great or considerable distance or extent between the sides; opposed to narrow; as wide cloth; a wide table; a wide highway; a wide bed; a wide ...
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WIDELY
WIDELY, adverb1. With great extent each way. The gospel was widely disseminated by the apostles.2. Very much; to a great distance; far. We differ widely in opinion.
WIDEN
WIDEN, verb transitive To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach. [Note.--In America, females say, to widen a stocking.]WIDEN, verb in...
WIDENED
WIDENED, participle passive Made wide or wider; extended in breadth.
WIDENESS
WIDENESS, noun1. Breadth; width; great extent between the sides; as the wideness of a room.2. Large extent in all directions; as the wideness of the sea or ocean.
WIDENING
WIDENING, participle present tense Extending the distance between the sides; enlarging in all directions.
WIDGEON
WIDGEON, noun A fowl of the duck kind, or genus Anas, having a black bill, the head and upper part of the neck of a bright bay, the back and sides waved with black and white, an...
WIDOW
WIDOW, noun [Latin See Wide.] A woman who has lost her husband by death. Luke 2:37.WIDOWs chamber, in London, the apparel and furniture of the bed-chamber of the widow of a free...
WIDOW-BENCH
WIDOW-BENCH, noun [widow and bench.] In Sussex, that share which a widow is allowed of her husbands estate, besides her jointure.
WIDOW-HUNTER
WIDOW-HUNTER, noun [widow and hunter.] One who seeks or courts widows for a jointure or fortune.
WIDOW-MAKER
WIDOW-MAKER, noun [widow and maker.] One who make widows by destroying lives.
WIDOW-WAIL
WIDOW-WAIL, noun In botany, a plant of the genus Cneorum.
WIDOWED
WIDOWED, participle passive1. Bereaved of a husband by death.2. Deprived of some good; stripped.Trees of their shriveld fruits are widowd.
WIDOWER
WIDOWER, noun A man who has lost his wife by death.
WIDOWHOOD
WIDOWHOOD, noun1. The state of being a widow.2. Estate settled on a widow. [Not in use.]
WIDOWING
WIDOWING, participle present tense Bereaving of a husband; depriving; stripping.
WIDTH
WIDTH, noun [from wide.] Breadth; wideness; the extent of a thing from side to side; as the width of cloth; the width of a door.
WIELD
WIELD, verb transitive [Latin The primary sense of power and strength is to stretch or strain.]1. To use with full command or power, as a thing not too heavy for the holder; to ...
WIELDED
WIELDED, participle passive Used with command; managed.
WIELDING
WIELDING, participle present tense Using with power; managing.
WIELDLESS
WIELDLESS, adjective Unmanageable.
WIELDY
WIELDY, adjective That may be wielded; manageable.
WIERY
WIERY, adjective [from wire.]1. Made of wire; having the properties of wire. It would be better written wiry.2. Wet; marshy. [Not in use.]
WIFE
WIFE, nounplural Wives. [G., a woman.]1. The lawful consort of man; a woman who is united to man in the lawful bonds of wedlock; the correlative of husband.The husband of one wi...
WIG
WIG, in Saxon, signifies war. It is found in some names.WIG, noun [G., roll butter. It would seem that the sense is a roll or twist interwoven.]1. A covering for the head, consi...
WIGEON
WIGEON. [See Widgeon.]
WIGHT
WIGHT, noun [g., a living being. Latin, to live.] A being; a person. It is obsolete, except in irony or burlesque. [See Aught.]The wight of all the world who lovd thee best.WIGH...