BROAD

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broad I. adjectiv

1. larg, lat;

(fig.) it is as long as it is broad e tot una, tot un drac.

2. larg, întins, cuprinzător, vast.

3. (fig.) larg, cuprinzător, liberal; îngăduitor, tolerant; înţelegător.

4. mare, limpede; senin, pronunţat;

in broad daylight ziua-n amiaza mare;

broad hint aluzie vădită / transparentă.

5. general, în linii mari;

in a broader sense într-un sens mai larg.

6. aspru, grosolan, necioplit.

7. (fon., despre sunete) deschis.

broad II. adverb

1. (în mod) larg.

2. liber, deschis, făţiş.

3. pe deplin, în întregime;

broad awake treaz de-a binelea.

4. cu accent pronunţat.

broad III. s.

1. v. breadth. 1.

2. (amer. sl.) fată, femeie; prostituată.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

He drew up another chair and sat down on the broad arm of it.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

If all is well, my shoulders are broad enough to bear the blame.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

When I woke it was broad daylight.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This vaccine may stimulate a broader CTL response compared to single-antigen vaccines.

(Multi-epitope Melanoma Peptide Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

The broad pads of his feet were bruised and bleeding.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

I took a soft black pencil, gave it a broad point, and worked away.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

No, it was long enough, broad enough, handsome enough.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

It grew broader, and a woman appeared with a lamp in her hand, which she held above her head, pushing her face forward and peering at us.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It is broad daylight. That good fellow would not wake me.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Both men had their marks to show, but Harrison had all the best of the rally, so it was our turn to throw our hats into the air and to shout ourselves hoarse, whilst the seconds clapped their man upon his broad back as they hurried him to his corner.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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