Antonyms for sides


Grammar : Noun
Spell : sahyd
Phonetic Transcription : saɪd


Definition of sides

Origin :
  • Old English side "flanks of a person, the long part or aspect of anything," from Proto-Germanic *sithon (cf. Old Saxon sida, Old Norse siða, Danish side, Swedish sida, Middle Dutch side, Dutch zidje, Old High German sita, German Seite), from adjective *sithas "long" (cf. Old English sid "long, broad, spacious," Old Norse siðr "long, hanging down"), from PIE root *se- "long, late" (see soiree).
  • Original sense preserved in countryside. Figurative sense of "position or attitude of a person or set of persons in relation to another" (cf. choosing sides) first recorded mid-13c. Meaning "one of the parties in a transaction" is from late 14c.; sense in a sporting contest or game is from 1690s. Meaning "music on one side of a phonograph record" is first attested 1936. Phrase side by side "close together and abreast" is recorded from c.1200. Side-splitting "affecting with compulsive laughter" is attested by 1825.
  • noun edge, exteriority of object
  • noun point of view
  • noun opposing person or view
Example sentences :
  • The sides of this hill he covered with a layer of bricks that the sand might not be blown away.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • It is now a mere platform, with the walls running up on two sides only.
  • Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
  • Then wipe the meat carefully and brown it on all sides in the fat.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • All his other women are parts of her or reflections of her, as all his heroes are sides of Hamlet, or reflections of him.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • All the houses were of two stories, of which the upper was open on the sides, and used for sleeping.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • At sides masonry with recesses; in the R. centre a great doorway.
  • Extract from : « Apu Ollantay » by Anonymous
  • The tribesmen poured into the bazaar and attacked the serai on all sides.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • The bullets of the enemy made "watery flashes" on all sides.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • Then they set fire to it on all sides, laughing and shouting: 'Burn, burn, daughter of the Didi!'
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • For the first time in days I was thoroughly toasted on all sides at once.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson

Synonyms for sides

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