side
1. a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location (Freq. 91)
- they always sat on the right side of the church
- he never left my side
• Hypernyms:
region, part
• Hyponyms:
bedside, blind side, dockside, east side, hand,
north side, shipside, south side, west side
2. one of two or more contesting groups (Freq. 25)
- the Confederate side was prepared to attack
• Topics:
game, war, warfare, politics, political science, government
• Hypernyms:
unit, social unit
3. either the left or right half of a body (Freq. 18)
- he had a pain in his side
• Topics:
homo, man, human being, human, animal,
animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
• Hypernyms:
area, region
• Part Holonyms:
torso, trunk, body
4. a surface forming part of the outside of an object (Freq. 12)
- he examined all sides of the crystal
- dew dripped from the face of the leaf
• Syn:
face
• Derivationally related forms:
facial (for: face), face (for: face)
• Hypernyms:
surface
• Hyponyms:
beam-ends, bottom, underside, undersurface, front,
front end, forepart, lee, lee side, leeward, windward,
windward, backside, back end, top, top side,
upper side, upside
5. an extended outer surface of an object (Freq. 11)
- he turned the box over to examine the bottom side
- they painted all four sides of the house
• Hypernyms:
surface
• Hyponyms:
beam, broadside, edge, front, larboard,
port, nearside, obverse, rear, back, reverse,
verso, sidewall, soffit, starboard, upper surface
6. an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect) (Freq. 5)
- he was on the heavy side
- he is on the purchasing side of the business
- it brought out his better side
• Hypernyms:
aspect, facet
• Hyponyms:
downside, hand
7. a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure (Freq. 3)
- the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side
• Hypernyms:
line
8. a family line of descent (Freq. 1)
- he gets his brains from his father's side
• Hypernyms:
lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline,
blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage,
stemma, stock
9. a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
side of meat
• Hypernyms:
cut, cut of meat
• Hyponyms:
side of beef, side of pork
10. an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute (Freq. 1)
- there are two sides to every question
• Syn:
position
• Hypernyms:
opinion, view
11. an elevated geological formation
- he climbed the steep slope
- the house was built on the side of a mountain
• Syn:
slope, incline
• Derivationally related forms:
incline (for: incline), slope (for: slope)
• Hypernyms:
geological formation, formation
• Hyponyms:
ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb,
upgrade, bank, cant, camber, canyonside, coast,
descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension,
downslope, escarpment, scarp, hillside, mountainside, versant,
piedmont, ski slope
• Part Holonyms:
natural elevation, elevation
12. (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist
• Syn:
English
• Topics:
sport, athletics
• Hypernyms:
spin
take sides for or against
- Who are you widing with?
• Hypernyms:
align, array
• Hyponyms:
pull, root for
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
located on a side (Freq. 6)
- side fences
- the side porch
• Ant:
top, bottom
• Similar to:
broadside, lateral, sidelong
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