Index of English words, starting with "br"

(1) - Broad (n.) A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
(2) - Broad (n.) The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
(3) - Broad (n.) The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
(4) - Broad (superl.) Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
(5) - Broad (superl.) Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
(6) - Broad (superl.) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
(7) - Broad (superl.) Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
(8) - Broad (superl.) Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
(9) - Broad (superl.) Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
(10) - Broad (superl.) 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.
(11) - Broad (superl.) Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
(12) - Broad (superl.) Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
(13) - Broad (superl.) Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.

(1) - Broad-leaved (a.) Alt. of Broad-leafed

(1) - Broadcast (adv.) So as to scatter or be scattered in all directions; so as to spread widely, as seed from the hand in sowing, or news from the press.
(2) - Broadcast (a.) Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); -- opposed to planting in hills, or rows.
(3) - Broadcast (a.) Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused.
(4) - Broadcast (n.) A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.