side¹ /sīd/

1. A line or surface forming part of a boundary
2. The part near such a boundary
3. A surface or part turned in some direction, esp one more or less upright, or one regarded as right or left, not front or back, top or bottom
4. The part of the body between armpit and hip
5. Half of a carcase divided along the medial plane
6. Either of the extended surfaces of anything in the form of a sheet
7. A page
8. A portion of space lying in this or that direction from a boundary or a point
9. The father's or mother's part of a genealogy
10. A department or division, eg of a school or prison
11. An aspect
12. A direction
13. A particular district
14. A border or bank
15. The slope of a hill
16. The wall of a vessel or cavity
17. Any party, team, interest, or opinion opposed to another
18. Part (as in on my side, for my part)
19. The womb (Milton)
20. A spin given to a ball causing it to swerve and regulating its angle of rebound (snooker, etc)
21. A pretentious air, arrogance (informal)
22. A speech in a play
23. A television channel (informal)

1. At or toward the side
2. Sideways
3. Subsidiary

To ally oneself with a particular side in an argument, etc, to take sides (with with)

1. To cut into sides
2. To thrust or set aside
3. To adjudge or assign to one side or other (Shakespeare)
4. To assign in this way to (Shakespeare)
5. To be on the side next to (archaic)

sidˈed adjective

1. Having sides
2. Flattened on one or more sides

Having a (specified) number or kind of sides, as in three-sided, many-sided, unequal-sided

sideˈling adjective and adverb

1. Sideways
2. With a slope

sideˈlong adjective

1. Oblique
2. Sloping
3. Tilted
4. Sideways

1. In the direction of the side
2. Obliquely
3. On the side

sidˈer noun

Someone who takes a side

sideˈward adjective and adverb

sideˈwards adverb

sideˈways or sideˈwise adjective and adverb

Toward or on one side

sidˈing noun

1. A short railway track for shunting or lying by
2. Material used to weatherproof the outside of a building (N American)

Taking sides

sideˈarm noun

(usu in pl) a weapon worn at the side or in a belt

sideˈband noun (radio)

A frequency band above or below the carrier frequency, containing additional frequencies constituting the information to be conveyed, introduced by modulation

sideˈbar noun

1. A short newspaper article alongside, and dealing in detail with some aspect of, a longer article (N American)
2. A toolbar or taskbar that appears at the side of a screen or window (computing)
3. A private conference between lawyers and the judge in court during a criminal trial (N American)

sideˈ-bar noun

(in S Africa) solicitors, as opposed to barristers (who belong to the bar)

sideˈboard noun

1. A piece of dining-room furniture for holding plates, etc, often with drawers and cupboards
2. A board at the side, eg of a cart
3. A side table (archaic)
4. (in pl) side whiskers

sideˈbones plural noun

Ossifications of the lateral cartilages of a horse's hoof

side box noun

A box at the side of a theatre

sideˈburns plural noun

Two strips of hair grown along the side of the face, a modification of the rather more extensive growth pioneered by the US General Burnside (1824–81)

sideˈcar noun

1. A small car attached to the side of a motorcycle usu for the carriage of a passenger
2. A jaunting car
3. A kind of cocktail consisting of brandy, orange liqueur and lemon juice

side chain noun (chem)

A chain of atoms forming a branch attached to a ring

side comb noun

A small comb in the hair at the side

side cutting noun

An excavation along the side of a railway or canal to get material for an embankment

side dish noun

A supplementary dish

side door noun

A door at the side of a building or of a main door

sideˈ-dress transitive verb

To place fertilizers on or in the soil near the roots of (a crop, etc)

side drum noun

A small double-headed drum with snares, slung from the drummer's side or sitting on a stand

side effect noun

1. A subsidiary effect
2. An effect, often undesirable, additional to the effect sought

sideˈ-foot transitive verb (informal)

To kick (a ball) with the side of the foot

side glance noun

1. A sidelong glance
2. A passing allusion

side issue noun

Something subordinate, incidental, not important in comparison with the main issue

sideˈkick noun (informal)

1. A partner, deputy
2. A special friend

sideˈlight noun

1. A light on the side of a vessel or vehicle
2. A window above or at the side of a door
3. A window, as opposed to a skylight
4. Light coming from the side
5. Any incidental illustration

sideˈline noun

1. A line attached to the side of anything
2. A branch route or track
3. A subsidiary trade or activity
4. (in pl) (the area just outside) the lines marking the edge of a football pitch, etc, hence, a peripheral area to which spectators or non-participants are confined

transitive verb

1. To remove (a player) from a team and confine to the sidelines
2. To suspend from normal operation or activity
3. To confine to a peripheral area
4. To relegate (someone) to a minor, peripheral position, prevent his or her participation in the main or most important area of activity, esp in business

sideˈlined adjective

sideˈlock noun

A lock of hair at the side of the head

sideˈman noun (pl sideˈmen) (jazz)

One of the members of a band or orchestra, other than the leader or featured artist, who performs occasional solo passages demonstrating virtuosity on a particular instrument

side meat noun (US)

Meat cut from the side of a pig, salt pork or bacon

sideˈnote noun

A comment written in a margin

side-onˈ adjective and adverb

With a side facing forwards or leading

sideˈpath noun

A byway, footpath or sidewalk

side plate noun

A small plate used for food, such as bread or salad, which accompanies the main meal

side post noun

1. A doorpost
2. A post supporting a roof at the side

sideˈroad noun

A minor road

sideˈsaddle noun

A saddle designed for women wearing long riding habits, on which the rider sits with both legs on the same side (also adverb)

sidesaddle flower noun

A N American pitcher plant, Sarracenia

sideˈshoot noun (botany).

sideˈshow noun

1. An exhibition subordinate to a larger one
2. Any subordinate or incidental activity

sideˈslip noun

1. An oblique offshoot
2. A bastard (obsolete)
3. A sideways skid
4. A lateral movement of an aircraft
5. A side-on downward slide (skiing)

intransitive verb

To slip sideways

sidesˈman or sidesˈwoman noun

1. A deputy churchwarden
2. A partisan (archaic)

sideˈ-splitting adjective

Extremely funny, making one laugh until one's sides ache

sideˈstep noun

1. A step taken to one side
2. A step attached to the side

intransitive verb

To step aside

transitive verb

To avoid, as by a step aside

sideˈstepper noun

sideˈstream adjective

Denoting smoke exhaled by smokers of cigarettes, etc that is inhaled involuntarily by non-smokers

side street noun

A minor street, esp if opening off a main street

sideˈstroke noun

1. A stroke performed by a swimmer lying on his or her side
2. A stroke performed sideways

sideˈswipe noun

1. A blow dealt from the side, not struck head-on
2. A criticism made in passing, incidentally to the main topic

transitive verb

To deal (someone) a sideswipe

sideˈswiper noun

sideswoman see sidesman above.

side table noun

A table used as a sideboard, or placed against the wall, or to the side of the main table

side tone noun (telecommunications)

A signal reaching the receiver of a radiotelephone station from its own transmitter

sideˈtrack noun

A railway siding

transitive verb

1. To divert or turn aside
2. To shelve

side valve noun

(in an engine) a valve situated at the side of the cylinder block

side view noun

A view on or from one side

sideˈwalk noun (N American)

A pavement or footpath

sideˈwall noun

The side portion of a tyre, between tread and wheel rim

sideˈ-wheel adjective

With paddle wheels at the side

sideˈ-wheeler noun

A side-wheel paddle steamer

side whiskers plural noun

Hair grown by a man down either side of the face, in front of the ears

side wind noun

1. A lateral wind
2. Indirect means

sideˈwinder noun

1. A rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes) of the southern USA that progresses by lateral looping motions
2. The name of an air-to-air missile directed at its target by means of a homing device
3. A hard blow struck from the side (US)

bit on the side see under bit¹

choose sides

To pick teams

• lock forward
• lockful
• lockfuls
• lock gate
• lock gates
• lock horns
• lock-hospital
• lock-hospitals
• lockhouse
• lockhouses
• Lockian
• lock in
• lock-in
• locking
• locking-nut
• lock-ins
• Lockist
• lockjaw
• lockjaws
• lock-keeper
• lock-keepers
• lockless
• lockman
• lockmen
• locknut