What is the meaning of broad?

noun

• Slang term for a woman.
  • usage: "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch"

adjective

• Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other.
  • usage: "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river"
  • synonyms: wide
• Broad in scope or content.
  • usage: "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality- T. G. Winner; "granted him wide powers"
  • synonyms: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide
• Not detailed or specific.
  • usage: "a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread"
  • synonyms: unspecific
• Lacking subtlety; obvious.
  • usage: "gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave"
  • synonyms: unsubtle
• Being at a peak or culminating point.
  • usage: "broad daylight"; "full summer"
  • synonyms: full
• Very large in expanse or scope.
  • usage: "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"
  • synonyms: spacious, wide
• Of speech. ( heavily and noticeably regional)
  • usage: "a broad southern accent"
• Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness.
  • usage: "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
  • synonyms: large-minded, liberal, tolerant