(1):
(superl.) Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
(2):
(superl.) Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; - applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive.
(3):
(superl.) Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
(4):
(superl.) Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
(5):
(superl.) Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; - opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
(6):
(superl.) Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
(7):
(superl.) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
(8):
(superl.) Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
(9):
(superl.) Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
(10):
(n.) The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
(11):
(n.) The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
(12):
(n.) A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
(13):
(superl.) Free; unrestrained; unconfined.