Broad
(superl.) Wide |
Broad
(superl.) Extending far and wide |
Broad
(superl.) Extended, in the sense of diffused |
Broad
(superl.) Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality |
Broad
(superl.) Comprehensive |
Broad
(superl.) Plain |
Broad
(superl.) Free |
Broad
(superl.) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth. |
Broad
(superl.) Cross |
Broad
(superl.) Strongly marked |
Broad
(n.) The broad part of anything |
Broad
(n.) The spread of a river into a sheet of water |
Broad
(n.) A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. |
Broad-brimmed
(a.) Having a broad brim. |
Broad Church
() A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, intermediate between the High Church party and the Low Church, or evangelical, party. The term has been applied to other bodies of men holding liberal or comprehensive views of Christian doctrine and fellowship. |
Broad gauge
() A wider distance between the rails than the "standard" gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge. |
Broad-horned
(a.) Having horns spreading widely. |
Broad-leaved
(a.) Alt. of Broad-leafed |
Broad-leafed
(a.) Having broad, or relatively broad, leaves. |
Broad seal
() The great seal of England |
Brush
(n.) An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use |
Brush
(n.) The bushy tail of a fox. |
Brush
(n.) A tuft of hair on the mandibles. |
Brush
(n.) Branches of trees lopped off |
Brush
(n.) A thicket of shrubs or small trees |
Brush
(n.) A bundle of flexible wires or thin plates of metal, used to conduct an electrical current to or from the commutator of a dynamo, electric motor, or similar apparatus. |
Brush
(n.) The act of brushing |
Brush
(n.) A skirmish |
Brush
(n.) A short contest, or trial, of speed. |
Brush
(n.) To apply a brush to, according to its particular use |
Brush
(n.) To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush. |
Brush
(n.) To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind |
Brush
(v. i.) To move nimbly in haste |
Brush turkey
() A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia (Talegalla Lathami) of the family Megapodidae. Also applied to several allied species of New Guinea. |
Brush wheel
() A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference. |
Brush wheel
() A circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, etc., for polishing. |
| brush | contact with something dangerous or undesirable, I had a brush with danger on my way to work, he tried to avoid any brushes with the police |
| brush-off | a curt or disdainful rejection |
| brush brushing | the act of brushing your hair, he gave his hair a quick brush |
broad jump
long jump | the act of jumping as far as possible from a running start |
| brush brushing | the act of brushing your teeth, the dentist recommended two brushes a day |
brush
clash
encounter
skirmish | a minor short-term fight |
brush turkey
Alectura lathami | black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea |
wallaby
brush kangaroo | any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos, often brightly colored |
brush-tailed phalanger
Trichosurus vulpecula | bushy-tailed phalanger |
coyote
prairie wolf
brush wolf
Canis latrans | small wolf native to western North America |
| brush | a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox) |
nymphalid
nymphalid butterfly
brush-footed butterfly
four-footed butterfly | medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and mucheduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast |
brush-tailed porcupine
brush-tail porcupine | porcupine with a tuft of large beaded bristles on the tail |
| bristle brush | a brush that is made with the short stiff hairs of an animal or plant |
| broad arrow | an arrow with a wide barbed head |
| broad gauge | a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard . inches |
| broad hatchet | a short-handled hatchet with a broad blade opposite a hammerhead |
| brush | an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle |
| brush | conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor |
rigger
rigger brush | a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists |
sable sable brush
sable's hair pencil | an artist's brush made of sable hairs |
scrub brush
scrubbing brush
scrubber | a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning |
| shaving brush | a brush used to apply lather prior to shaving |
| brush cut | a short haircut with hairs standing up like a brush |
broad interpretation
judicial activism | an interpretation of the U.S. constitution holding that the spirit of the times and the needs of the nation can legitimately influence judicial decisions (particularly decisions of the Supreme Court) |
| broad-mindedness | an inclination to tolerate or overlook opposing or shocking opinions or behavior |
| broad arrow | a mark shaped like an arrowhead, used to mark convicts' clothing |
| broad arrow | an arrowhead mark identifying British government property |
| brush fire | an uncontrolled fire that consumes brush and shrubs and bushes |
brush
light touch | momentary contact |
long jump
broad jump | a competition that involves jumping as far as possible from a running start |
fava bean
broad bean | shell beans cooked as lima beans |
| broad bean horse bean | a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder |
brush
brushwood
coppice
copse
thicket | a dense growth of bushes |
| broad | slang term for a woman, a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch |
| brush discharge | discharge between electrodes creating visible streamers of ionized particles |
quail bush
quail brush
white thistle Atriplex lentiformis | spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico |
broad-leaved montia
Montia cordifolia | succulent plant with mostly basal leaves, stem bears pair of broadly ovate or heart-shaped leaves and a loose raceme of - white flowers, western North America |
sagebrush
sage brush | any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium |
bud brush
bud sagebrush
Artemis spinescens | a perennial that is valuable as sheep forage in the United States |
coyote brush
coyote bush
chaparral broom
kidney wort
Baccharis pilularis | widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle |
rabbit brush
rabbit bush
Chrysothamnus nauseosus | pleasantly aromatic shrub having erect slender flexible hairy branches and dense clusters of small yellow flowers covering vast areas of western alkali plains and affording a retreat for jackrabbits, source of a yellow dye used by the Navajo |
zigzag goldenrod
broad leaved goldenrod | a variety of goldenrod |
broad-leaved twayblade
Listera convallarioides | small orchid with two elliptic leaves and a slender raceme of small green flowers, western North America |
shaving-brush tree
Pseudobombax ellipticum | tree of Mexico to Guatemala having densely hairy flowers with long narrow petals clustered at ends of branches before leaves appear |
flame tree broad-leaved bottletree
Brachychiton australis | north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves |
| broad leaved centaury | a variety of centaury with broad leaves |
broad-leaved everlasting pea
perennial pea
Lathyrus latifolius | perennial climber of central and southern Europe having purple or pink or white flowers, naturalized in North America |
broad bean
broad-bean
broad-bean plant
English bean
European bean
field bean
Vicia faba | Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder |
broad bean fava bean
horsebean | seed of the broad-bean plant |