<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>having considerable or great extent from side to side; broad: a wide boulevard.</li><li>having a certain or specified extent from side to side: three feet wide.</li><li>of great horizontal extent; extensive; vast; spacious: the wide plains of the West.</li><li>of great range or scope; embracing a great number or variety of subjects, cases, etc.: wide experience.</li><li>open to the full or a great extent; expanded; distended: to stare with wide eyes.</li><li>apart or remote from a specified point or object: a guess wide of the truth.</li><li>too far or too much to one side: a shot wide of the mark.</li><li>outside (def 16): The pitch was wide of the plate.</li><li>full, ample, or roomy, as clothing: He wore wide, flowing robes.</li><li>British Slang: shrewd; wary.</li></ul><p><strong>Adverb</strong></p><ul><li>to the full extent of opening: Open your mouth wide.</li><li>to the utmost, or fully: to be wide awake.</li><li>away from or to one side of a point, mark, purpose, or the like; aside; astray: The shot went wide.</li><li>over an extensive space or region, or far abroad: scattered far and wide.</li><li>to a great, or relatively great, extent from side to side: The river runs wide here.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Cricket: a bowled ball that goes wide of the wicket, and counts as a run for the side batting.</li><li>Archaic: a wide space or expanse.</li></ul>