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side

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sidelong

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01adjective

located on a side

“side fences”

“the side porch”

02noun

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

“they always sat on the right side of the church”

“he never left my side”

03noun

one of two or more contesting groups

“the Confederate side was prepared to attack”

04noun

either the left or right half of a body

“he had a pain in his side”

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05noun

a surface forming part of the outside of an object

“he examined all sides of the crystal”

“dew dripped from the face of the leaf”

06noun

an extended outer surface of an object

“he turned the box over to examine the bottom side”

“they painted all four sides of the house”

07noun

an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect)

“he was on the heavy side”

“he is on the purchasing side of the business”

08noun

a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure

“the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side”

09noun

a family line of descent

“he gets his brains from his father's side”

10noun

a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food

11noun

an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute

“there are two sides to every question”

12noun

an elevated geological formation

“he climbed the steep slope”

“the house was built on the side of a mountain”

13noun

(sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist

14verb

take sides for or against

“Who are you siding with?”

“I'm siding against the current candidate”

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