Dictionary entry

Wide (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

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.