Definition von broad(a) im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- being at a peak or culminating point; "broad day"; "full summer"; "high noon
- Broad Street Bullies
- nickname of the Philadelphia Flyers of the 1970's era
- broad
- wide in extent or scope
- broad
- having a specified width (e.g. 3 ft broad)
- broad
- A channel of water, specifically the bodies of water (not to be confused with the rivers) that make up Norfolk and Suffolk
- broad
- A prostitute, a woman of loose morals
- broad
- A colloquial term for a woman or girl
Who was that broad I saw you with?.
- broad
- strongly regional
- broad across the beam
- without fat on the hips and the bottom
- broad antigen
- In the testing of cell surface antigens, a serological specificity that is poor or broad relative to other specificities and can be defined as 2 or more split antigens.(Example: HLA-B51 and HLA-B52 are split antigens of the HLA-B5 broad antigen)Okimoto K, Juji T, Ishiba S, Maruyama H, Tohyama H, Kosaka K. HLA--Bw54 (Bw22-J, J-1) antigen in juvenile onset diabetes mellitus in Japan. Tissue Antigens 1978 11(5): 418–22 pmid=694905
- broad awake
- wide awake
The felon Rufus Dawes had stretched himself in his bunk and tried to sleep. But though he was tired and sore, and his head felt like lead, he could not but keep broad awake.
- broad bean
- An edible bean that has broad seeds
The term Bean originally referred to the seed of the broad bean.
- broad church
- A wide scope of philosophies and ideas
The Liberal party in Australia is often described as being a broad church, encompassing conservatives and radicals, wets and dries.
- broad daylight
- Abundant, natural illumination in daytime, producing clear visibility
Within all was dark; but she entered as freely and with as little misgiving or restraint as if it had been broad daylight.
- broad in the beam
- without fat on the hips and the bottom
- broad seal
- The public seal of a nation, especially the British Great Seal of the Realm
- broad shoulders
- the ability to take criticism, or accept responsibility
- broad-brush
- General and sweeping in scope but lacking detail
He takes a broad-brush approach to the study of history.
- broad-leaved
- Having relatively broad leaves
- broad-leaved garlic
- ramsons
- broad-minded
- Having an open mind; tolerant of diversity
- broad-mouthed
- Outspoken; rude
My selfe, that am so broad-mouthed and lavish in speeches, am notwithstanding naturally touched with that bashfulnesse.
- broad-mouthed
- Having a broad mouth
- broad-spectrum
- having a wide scope or range of activity
- broad-spectrum antibiotic
- Any antibiotic that is active against a wide range of bacteria, especially against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria
- broad-spectrum antibiotics
- plural form of broad-spectrum antibiotic
- broad-winged hawk
- a small hawk of the Buteo genus
- broad-winged hawks
- plural form of broad-winged hawk
- broad
- slang term for a woman; "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch" showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions" lacking subtlety; obvious; "gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave" not detailed or specific; "a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread" (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional; "a broad southern accent" very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies
- broad
- {a} wide extended, open, plain, coarse
- broad ranging
- Reaching a wide area
- broad reach
- (Denizcilik) (noun) a point of sailing in which the wind blows over a boat's quarter, between the beam and the stern: on a broad reach they are magnificent craft
- broad reach
- (Denizcilik) (verb) (broad-reach) [no OBJ.] sail with the wind in this position
- broad strokes
- (deyim) If something is described or defined with broad stokes, then only an outline is given, without fine details
- Broad River
- A river rising on the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge in western North Carolina and flowing about 241 km (150 mi) southeast then south to Columbia, South Carolina, where it joins the Saluda River to form the Congaree
- broad
- Characterized by breadth
- broad
- You use broad to describe something that includes a large number of different things or people. A broad range of issues was discussed. a broad coalition of workers, peasants, students and middle class professionals. = wide narrow + broadly broad·ly This gives children a more broadly based education
- broad
- very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"
- broad
- Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent
- broad
- Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad
- broad
- lacking subtlety; obvious; "gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave"
- broad
- A broad accent is strong and noticeable. a Briton who spoke in a broad Yorkshire accent. see also broadly
- broad
- Covers the subject very generally; not focused
- broad
- showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
- broad
- 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"
- broad
- Rectangular lighting fixture with symentrical reflector, used in television to provide a somewhat focused soft-edged light as a specialized fill or wash light
- broad
- An open face softlight
- broad
- slang term for a woman; "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch"
- broad
- fully, totally, completely
- broad
- 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"
- broad
- A broad hint is a very obvious hint. They've been giving broad hints about what to expect. subtle + broadly broad·ly He hinted broadly that he would like to come
- broad
- Means a full-bodied, complex wine with plenty of subtleties
- broad
- {s} wide; extensive
- broad
- The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen
- broad
- A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders
- broad
- Plain; evident; as, a broad hint
- broad
- Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor
- broad
- {i} young woman, woman, girl (Slang)
- broad
- very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies
- broad
- (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional; "a broad southern accent"
- broad
- You use broad to describe a feeling or opinion that is shared by many people, or by people of many different kinds. The agreement won broad support in the US Congress. a film with broad appeal. = widespread limited + broadly broad·ly The new law has been broadly welcomed by road safety organisations
- broad
- A broad description or idea is general rather than detailed. These documents provided a broad outline of the Society's development In broad terms, this means that the closer you live to a school, the more likely it is that your child will get a place there. = general + broadly broad·ly There are, broadly speaking, three ways in which this is done Broadly, it makes connections between ideas about healing and how they link to plants
- broad
- in broad daylight: see daylight. an offensive word for a woman
- broad
- Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged
- broad
- A broad smile is one in which your mouth is stretched very wide because you are very pleased or amused. He greeted them with a wave and a broad smile. + broadly broad·ly Charles grinned broadly
- broad
- Something that is broad is wide. His shoulders were broad and his waist narrow The hills rise green and sheer above the broad river. a broad expanse of green lawn. narrow
- broad
- not detailed or specific; "a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread"
- broad
- The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar
- broad
- Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full
- broad
- Fig
- broad
- You use broad to describe a word or meaning which covers or refers to a wide range of different things. The term Wissenschaft has a much broader meaning than the English word `science'. restructuring in the broad sense of the word. = general narrow + broadly broad·ly We define education very broadly and students can study any aspect of its consequences for society
- broad
- Free; unrestrained; unconfined
- broad
- a lighting unit designed to illuminate a large area; also known as a "broadside "
- broad
- Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive
- broad
- spectrum revolution-Period beginning around 20,000 B P in the Middle East and 12,000 B P in Europe, during which a wider range, or broader spectrum, of plant and animal life was hunted, gathered, collected, caught, and fished; revolutionary because it led to food production
- broad
- wide
- broad
- Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean
- broad
- being at a peak or culminating point; "broad day"; "full summer"; "high noon"
- broad arrow
- an arrow with a wide barbed head a mark shaped like an arrowhead; used to mark convicts' clothing an arrowhead mark identifying British government property
- broad authority
- wide-reaching power, control over many areas
- broad bean
- Broad beans are flat round beans that are light green in colour and are eaten as a vegetable. a round pale green bean
- broad bean
- seed of the broad-bean plant
- broad bean
- shell beans cooked as limas
- broad bean
- a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder seed of the broad-bean plant
- broad bean
- a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder
- broad bean
- Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder
- broad bean
- fava bean, type of edible seed of a bean plant
- broad beech fern
- beech fern of North American woodlands having straw-colored stripes
- broad buckler-fern
- European shield fern
- broad church
- A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, intermediate between the High Church party and the Low Church, or evangelical, party
- broad church
- The term has been applied to other bodies of men holding liberal or comprehensive views of Christian doctrine and fellowship
- broad daylight
- full daylight, in the full light of day
- broad experience
- rich experience, wide experience
- broad gauge
- a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard 56
- broad gauge
- gauge of four feet eight inches and a half
- broad gauge
- A wider distance between the rails than the "standard" gauge of four feet eight inches and a half
- broad gauge
- A wider distance between the rails than the "standard"
- broad gauge
- 5 inches
- broad generalization
- general judgment which does not take exceptions into account, over-generalization
- broad hatchet
- a short-handled hatchet with a broad blade opposite a hammerhead
- broad hint
- clear hint, obvious clue
- broad interpretation
- interpretation which is not very close to the original
- broad interpretation
- an interpretation of the U
- broad interpretation
- constitution holding that the spirit of the times and the needs of the nation can legitimately influence judicial decisions (particularly decisions of the Supreme Court)
- broad jump
- the act of jumping as far as possible from a running start
- broad jump
- The long jump. the long jump
- broad jump
- one of the events in a track and field competition in which one runs and jumps as far as possible
- broad leaved centaury
- a variety of centaury with broad leaves
- broad mindedness
- {i} tendency to endure and tolerate opposing or startling views or behavior
- broad seal
- The great seal of England; the public seal of a country or state
- broad shouldered
- having wide shoulders
- broad shoulders
- wide shoulders, shoulders which have a great width
- broad smile
- big smile, wide grin
- broad-brimmed
- (of hats) having a broad brim
- broad-brush
- A broad-brush approach, strategy, or solution deals with a problem in a general way rather than concentrating on details. He's giving a broad brush approach to the subject
- broad-headed
- having a brachycephalic head
- broad-leaved
- having relatively broad rather than needle-like or scale-like leaves
- broad-leaved everlasting pea
- perennial climber of central and southern Europe having purple or pink or white flowers; naturalized in North America
- broad-leaved montia
- succulent plant with mostly basal leaves; stem bears 1 pair of broadly ovate or heart-shaped leaves and a loose raceme of 3-10 white flowers; western North America
- broad-leaved plantain
- common European perennial naturalized worldwide; a troublesome weed
- broad-leaved twayblade
- small orchid with two elliptic leaves and a slender raceme of small green flowers; western North America
- broad-minded
- open-minded, having knowledge of many subjects
- broad-minded
- approval If you describe someone as broad-minded, you approve of them because they are willing to accept types of behaviour which other people consider immoral. a fair and broad-minded man. narrow-minded
- broad-minded
- incapable of being shocked; "he was warmhearted, sensible and unshockable"
- broad-minded
- inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own; "a judge who is broad-minded but even-handed"
- broad-minded
- inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own; "a judge who is broad-minded but even-handed
- broad-mindedly
- in a broad-minded manner; "the authorities broad-mindedly permitted the opening of a center for teenagers
- broad-mindedness
- an inclination to tolerate or overlook opposing or shocking opinions or behavior
- broad-shouldered
- having wide shoulders, having shoulders which are set far apart
- in broad daylight
- In ample natural illumination, during the daytime
A fireball hurtled across the southern Tucson sky in broad daylight Saturday morning.
- in broad daylight
- In a blatant and publicly visible manner
It's still too dangerous for the wife of a journalist who was murdered in the street in broad daylight.
- paint with a broad brush
- To describe a class of objects or a kind of phenomenon in general terms, without specific details and without attention to individual variations
Painting slavery with a broad brush in literature, film and even political debate has kept us from knowing the real horror and heroism of the institution.
- French Broad
- A river rising in the Blue Ridge of western North Carolina and flowing about 338 km (210 mi) north and northwest to eastern Tennessee, where it joins the Holston River to form the Tennessee River
- French Broad River
- River, western North Carolina, U.S. Rising in the Blue Ridge and flowing 210 mi (340 km) north through the Great Smoky Mountains into Tennessee, it then turns west to join the Holston River near Knoxville, forming the Tennessee River. Douglas Dam, part of the Tennessee Valley Authority, is on the river near the junction
- in broad daylight
- during the light of day, publicly, in public