side
//ˈsaɪ̯d//
Forms
- Plural
- sides
- Comparative
- more side
- Superlative
- most side
- present (v1)
- side
- past (v2)
- sided
- past participle (v3)
- sided
- present participle
- siding
- 3rd person singular
- sides
Definitions
1.A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
- A square has four sides.
2.A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
- A cube has six sides.
3.One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
- Which side of the tray shall I put it on? The patient was bleeding on the right side.
- The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.
4.A region in a specified position with respect to something.
- Meet me on the north side of the monument.
1.Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.
- One mighty squadron with a side wind sped.
2.Indirect; oblique; incidental.
1.To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"
- Which will you side with, good or evil?
- All side in parties, and begin the attack.
- How does it feel... to... side in with those who voted against you in 1947?
2.To lean on one side.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #286
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Common
Related words
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der.
Proto-Germanic *sīdaz
Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ
Old English sīde
Middle English side
English side