side : Idioms & Phrases

Bank"-sid`ed adjective

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1. (Naut.) Having sides inclining inwards, as a ship; -- opposed to wall-sided.

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• noun the side on which your vision is limited or obstructed
  

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• the side which is most easily assailed; a weak or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed to see danger. Swift.

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• noun a consoling aspect of a difficult situation
  silver lining.
  
  • every cloud has a silver lining
  • look on the bright side of it

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• close at hand; near to.

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• noun account of payments received; usually the right side of a financial statement
  

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• . See Crown office.

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• noun account of payments owed; usually the left side of a financial statement
  

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• the side of the choir on which the dean's tall is placed.

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• noun the side that is on the east
  

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• noun a resident of the east side of Manhattan in New York City
  

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• adjective satellite having eight sides
  

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• adjective satellite having eleven sides
  

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• the right side of an altar or church to a person looking from the nave toward the chancel.

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• . (Fort.) See Exterior, and Illust. of Ravelin.
• (Fort.), the side of the polygon upon which a front of fortification is formed.

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• adjective satellite having five sides
  

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• the side of a skin or hide which was next to the flesh; opposed to grain side.

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• noun a different aspect of something (especially the opposite aspect)
  
  • the flip side of your positive qualities sometimes get out of control
  • on the flip side of partnerships he talked about their competition

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• adjective satellite having four sides
  quadrilateral.
  

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• (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which the hair has been removed; opposed to flesh side.

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• (Mining), the overhanging side of an inclined or hading vein.

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• Ingle cheek, the fireside.

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• (Fort.), the line drawn from the center of one bastion to that of the next, or the line curtain produced to the two oblique radii in front. H. L. Scott.

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I"ron-sid`ed adjective

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1. Having iron sides, or very firm sides.

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• one who is or tries to be neutral.

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• (a) That side of anything in or on the sea, as of an island or ship, which is turned toward the land . (b) The side of a plow which is opposite to the moldboard and which presses against the unplowed land.

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• noun the side of something that is sheltered from the wind
  leeward; lee.
  

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• the left side, as that on which a leere or ornament was worn.

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• noun the side sheltered from the wind
  to leeward.
  

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• (Arch.), a peculiar form of window common in mediæval churches, and of uncertain use. Windows of this sort are narrow, near the ground, and out of the line of the windows, and in many different situations in the building.

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• adjective having many parts or sides
  multilateral.
  
• adjective satellite having many aspects
  miscellaneous; multifarious; multifaceted.
  
  • a many-sided subject
  • a multifaceted undertaking
  • multifarious interests
  • the multifarious noise of a great city
  • a miscellaneous crowd
• adjective satellite full of variety or interest
  
  • a many-sided personality

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Ma"ny-sid`ed adjective

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1. Having many sides; -- said of figures. Hence, presenting many questions or subjects for consideration; as, a many-sided topic.
2. Interested in, and having an aptitude for, many unlike pursuits or objects of attention; versatile. -- Ma"ny-sid`ed*ness, n.

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• adjective satellite having nine sides
  

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• noun the side that is on the north
  

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• (Football), out of play; said when a player has got in front of the ball in a scrimmage, or when the ball has been last touched by one of his own side behind him.
• . (a) The right hand side in driving; the farther side . See Gee. (b) (Cricket) See Off, n.

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• on the thither side of; as, on the shady side of fifty; that is, more than fifty. Colloq.

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• adverb without official authorization
  unofficially.
  
  • he had made some money on the side

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• adjective not reversible or capable of having either side out
  nonreversible.
  
• adjective involving only one part or side
  unilateral.
  
  • unilateral paralysis
  • a unilateral decision
• adjective satellite favoring one person or side over another
  biased; slanted; colored; coloured.
  
  • a biased account of the trial
  • a decision that was partial to the defendant

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One`-sid"ed adjective

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1. Having one side only, or one side prominent; hence, limited to one side; partial; unjust; unfair; as, a one-sided view or statement. "Unguarded and one-sided language." T. Arnold.
2. (Bot.) Growing on one side of a stem; as, one-sided flowers. -- One`-sid"ed-ly, adv. -- One`-sid"ed*ness, n.

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• noun a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
  siding; turnout; sidetrack.
  

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• adjective satellite of fabric or clothing
  

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• adjective satellite of objects having a top and bottom
  

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• adjective satellite having seven sides
  

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• in breech-loading firearms, a mechanism for operating the breech block, which is moved by a lever that turns sidewise.

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• noun a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
  shooting iron; side arm; pistol; handgun.
  

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• noun a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
  shooting iron; side arm; pistol; handgun.
  

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• weapons worn at the side, as sword, bayonet, pistols, etc.

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• an ax of which the handle is bent to one side.

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• a box or inclosed seat on the side of a theater.

  To insure a side-box station at half price. Cowper.

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• adjective satellite nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
  adjacent; next.
  
  • had adjacent rooms
  • in the next room
  • the person sitting next to me
  • our rooms were side by side
• adjective satellite closely related or associated
  
  • a city in which communism and democracy had to live side by side

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• close together and abreast; in company or along with.

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• one of two safety chains connecting a tender with a locomotive, at the sides.

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• noun a straight-backed chair without arms
  straight chair.
  

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• noun a small chapel off the side aisle of a church
  

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• a canal or road branching out from the main one. U.S.

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• noun a dish that is served with, but is subordinate to, a main course
  side dish; entremets.
  

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• one of the dishes subordinate to the main course.

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• noun an exterior door at one side of a building
  side door.
  

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• noun a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
  snare; snare drum.
  

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• noun a secondary and usually adverse effect of a drug or therapy
  
  • severe headaches are one of the side effects of the drug
• noun any adverse and unwanted secondary effect
  fallout.
  
  • a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal

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• noun an exterior door at one side of a building
  side door.
  

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• a glance or brief look to one side.

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• (Carp.), a notched piece of wood for clamping a board to something, as a bench.

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• noun a gymnastic horse with a cylindrical body covered with leather and two upright handles (pommels) near the center; held upright by two steel supports, one at each end
  pommel horse.
  

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• noun a football official
  

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• a working beam of a side-lever engine.

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• noun salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork
  flitch.
  

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• noun dressed half of a beef carcass
  

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• noun a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food
  side.
  

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• noun dressed half of a hog carcass
  

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• noun a dish that is served with, but is subordinate to, a main course
  side dish; entremets.
  

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• (Steam Engine), a steam or exhaust pipe connecting the upper and lower steam chests of the cylinder of a beam engine.

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• a plane in which the cutting edge of the iron is at the side of the stock.

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• noun a pocket on the side of a billiard table
  

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• (Carp.), posts in a truss, usually placed in pairs, each post set at the same distance from the middle of the truss, for supporting the principal rafters, hanging the tiebeam, etc.

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• noun a minor road branching off of a main road
  

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• . (a) One of the rods which connect the piston-rod crosshead with the side levers, in a side-lever engine. (b) See Parallel rod, under Parallel.

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• (Firearms), one of the screws by which the lock is secured to the side of a firearm stock.

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• noun a street intersecting a main street and terminating there
  

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• a table placed either against the wall or aside from the principal table.

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• (Mach.), a cutting tool, used in a lathe or planer, having the cutting edge at the side instead of at the point.

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• noun a view from the side of something
  

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• a wind from one side; hence, an indirect attack, or indirect means. Wright.

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• noun the grounds at either side of a house
  

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• (Eng. Law.), a rule authorized by the courts to be granted by their officers as a matter of course, without formal application being made to them in open court; so called because anciently moved for by the attorneys at side bar, that is, informally. Burril.

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• noun one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States
  Uta stansburiana; sand lizard.
  

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• noun a glance sideways
  side-glance.
  
  • she shot him an impatient side-glance

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• a marine steam engine having a working beam of each side of the cylinder, near the bottom of the engine, communicating motion to a crank that is above them.

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• noun a glance sideways
  side-glance.
  
  • she shot him an impatient side-glance

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• verb slide sideways through the air in a downward direction in an airplane along an inclined lateral axis
  

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Side"-tak`ing noun

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1. A taking sides, as with a party, sect, or faction. Bp. Hall.

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• adjective alternately left and right with respect to a central point
  
  • the side-to-side motion of the boat

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Side"-wheel` adjective

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1. Having a paddle wheel on each side; -- said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer.

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• noun a paddle steamer having a paddle wheel on each side
  

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• noun facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off)
  burnside; sideburn; mutton chop.
  

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• adjective satellite having six sides
  

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Slab"-sid`ed adjective

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1. Having flat sides; hence, tall, or long and lank. Colloq. U. S.

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• noun the side that is on the south
  

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• the male line of a family. Lowell.

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• the female side in descent; in the female line; opposed to spear side. Ld. Lytton. R. "King Lycaon, grandson, by the spindle side, of Oceanus." Lowell.

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• adjective satellite having very steep sides
  

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• adjective satellite (eggs) fried on only one side
  

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• noun the school of economic theory that stresses the costs of production as a means of stimulating the economy; advocates policies that raise capital and labor output by increasing the incentive to produce
  

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• adjective satellite having ten sides
  

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• adjective satellite having three sides
  trilateral; triangular.
  
  • a trilateral figure

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Three"-sid`ed adjective

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1. Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three-sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.

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• etc. (Stock Exchange), to hold stock for a rise in price, or to have a contract under which one can demand stock on or before a certain day at a stipulated price; opposed to short in such phrases as, to be short of stock, to sell short, etc. Cant See Short.

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• to select those who shall compete, as in a game, on either side.

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• to weep or cry; to feel regret, vexation, or disappointment after hilarity or exaltation. Slang

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• See under Place, Root, Side, etc.

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• to attach one's self to, or give assistance to, one of two opposing sides or parties.

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• noun the highest or uppermost side of anything
  upside; top; top side.
  
  • put your books on top of the desk
  • only the top side of the box was painted

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• adjective satellite having twelve sides
  

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• adjective capable of being reversed or used with either side out
  reversible.
  
  • a reversible jacket
• adjective satellite having two sides or parts
  bilateral.
  

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Two"-sid`ed adjective

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1. Having two sides only; hence, double-faced; hypocritical.
2. (Biol.) Symmetrical.

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• noun the highest or uppermost side of anything
  upside; top; top side.
  
  • put your books on top of the desk
  • only the top side of the box was painted

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Wall"-sid`ed adjective

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1. (Naut.) Having sides nearly perpendicular; -- said of certain vessels to distinguish them from those having flaring sides, or sides tumbling home (see under Tumble, v. i.).

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• the side or aspect of a person's character or disposition by which he is most easily affected or influenced; weakness; infirmity.

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• noun the side toward the wind
  weatherboard; weather side; to windward.
  

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• noun the side that is on the west
  

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• noun a resident of the west side of Manhattan in New York City
  

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• the side next the wind; the windward side. R. Mrs. Browning.

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• noun the side toward the wind
  weatherboard; weather side; to windward.
  

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• adjective satellite with the inside surface on the outside
  inside-out.
  

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