\Broad\, a. [Compar. {Broader}; superl. {Broadest}.] [OE.
brod, brad, AS. br[=a]d; akin to OS. br[=e]d, D. breed, G.
breit, Icel. brei?r, Sw. & Dan. bred, Goth. braids. Cf.
{Breadth}.]
1. Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed
   to {narrow}; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch
   broad.
2. Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad
   expanse of ocean.
3. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
   ``Broad and open day.'' --Bp. Porteus.
4. 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.
         A broad mixture of falsehood.         --Locke.
Note: Hence:
5. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
         The words in the Constitution are broad enough to
         include the case.                     --D. Daggett.
         In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way. --E.
                                               Everett.
6. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
7. Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
         As broad and general as the casing air. --Shak.
8. (Fine Arts) Characterized by breadth. See {Breadth}.
9. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad
   joke; broad humor.
10. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
Note: Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide,
      large, etc.; as, broad-chested, broad-shouldered,
      broad-spreading, broad-winged.
{Broad acres}. See under {Acre}.
{Broad arrow}, originally a pheon. See {Pheon}, and {Broad
   arrow} under {Arrow}.
{As broad as long}, having the length equal to the breadth;
   hence, the same one way as another; coming to the same
   result by different ways or processes.
         It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others,
         or bring others down to them.         --L'Estrange.
{Broad pennant}. See under {Pennant}.
Syn: Wide; large; ample; expanded; spacious; roomy;
     extensive; vast; comprehensive; liberal.

\Broad\, n.
1. The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
2. The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded
   fen. [Local, Eng.] --Southey.
3. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of
   cylinders. --Knight.