Definition of "side" in Anglais

noun

A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
- A square has four sides.
A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
- A cube has six sides.
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.
A region in a specified position with respect to something.
- Meet me on the north side of the monument.
The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back.
- Meronyms: flank, loin; latus, lumbus
- I generally sleep on my side.
- Roll the patient onto the left side so that head, shoulders, and torso move at the same time without twisting.
One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)
- John wrote 15 sides for his essay!
One possible aspect of a concept, person, or thing.
- Look on the bright side.
- She has a mean side (to her).
One set of competitors in a game.
- Which side has kick-off?
(UK, Australia, Ireland) A sports team.
A group of morris dancers who perform together.
A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.
- there are two sides to every question
- Although there are two sides to every story, the fallacy that they are inevitably equally ethical is called bothsidesism.
- In the Second World War, the Italians were on the side of the Germans until Italy switched sides in 1943.
- "Creating artificial rain over the Yellow Sea would help the Chinese side too," the spokesman said Kim told the meeting.
(music) A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz.
(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) Sidespin; english
- He had to put a bit of side on to hit the pink ball.
(British, Australia, Ireland, dated) A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched (from when there were only two channels).
- I just want to see what's on the other side — James said there was a good film on tonight.

(US, Canada, Philippines, colloquial) A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.

Do you want a side of cole-slaw with that?

A line of descent traced through a particular relative, usually a parent or spouse, as distinguished from that traced through another.

his mother's side of the family

(baseball) The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher.

Clayton Kershaw struck out the side in the 6th inning.

(slang, dated, uncountable) An unjustified air of self-importance; a conceited attitude.

(drama) A written monologue or part of a scene to be read by an actor at an audition.

(LGBTQ, slang) A man who prefers not to engage in anal sex during same-sex sexual activity.

My boyfriend and I are both sides; we prefer to do oral and other stuff.

(mathematics, obsolete) A root.

adjective

Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.
Indirect; oblique; incidental.
- a side issue; a side view or remark

verb

(intransitive) To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"
- Which will you side with, good or evil?
To lean on one side.
(transitive, obsolete) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
(transitive, obsolete) To suit; to pair; to match.
- 1660-1667, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon He had ure read more , and carried more about him , in his excellent Memory , than any Man I ever knew , my Lord Falkland only excepted , who I think ided him
(transitive, shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
(transitive) To furnish with a siding.
- to side a house
(transitive, cooking) To provide with, as a side or accompaniment.

adjective

(UK archaic, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching.
(Scotland) Far; distant.

adverb

(UK dialectal) Widely; wide; far.

verb

To clear, tidy or sort.