What is the meaning of wide?

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: broad
• 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, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic
• Used of eyes. ( fully open or extended)
  • usage: "stared with wide eyes"
  • synonyms: wide-eyed
• Very large in expanse or scope.
  • usage: "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"
  • synonyms: broad, spacious
• Great in degree.
  • usage: "won by a wide margin"
• Having ample fabric.
  • usage: "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt"
  • synonyms: wide-cut, full
• Not on target.
  • usage: "the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth"
  • synonyms: wide of the mark

adverb

• With or by a broad space.
  • usage: "stand with legs wide apart"; "ran wide around left end"
• To the fullest extent possible.
  • usage: "open your eyes wide"; "with the throttle wide open"
• Far from the intended target.
  • usage: "the arrow went wide of the mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander"
  • synonyms: astray
• To or over a great extent or range; far.
  • usage: "wandered wide through many lands"; "he traveled widely"
  • synonyms: widely