Broad

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Broad

Broad : அகண்ட, அகன்ற

Broad : அகண்ட,அகண்ட,அகன்ற,அகன்ற,பரந்த

Broad definition

superl.

  1. Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
  2. Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
  3. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
  4. Fig.: 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.
  5. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
  6. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
  7. Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
  8. Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
  9. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
  10. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.

Noun.

  1. The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
  2. The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
  3. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.