\A*broad"\, adv. [Pref. a- + broad.]
1. At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree
   spreads its branches abroad.
         The fox roams far abroad.             --Prior.
2. Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from
   one's abode; as, to walk abroad.
         I went to St. James', where another was preaching in
         the court abroad.                     --Evelyn.
3. Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as,
   we have broils at home and enemies abroad. ``Another
   prince . . . was living abroad.'' --Macaulay.
4. Before the public at large; throughout society or the
   world; here and there; widely.
         He went out, and began to publish it much, and to
         blaze abroad the matter.              --Mark i. 45.
{To be abroad}.
   (a) To be wide of the mark; to be at fault; as, you are
       all abroad in your guess.
   (b) To be at a loss or nonplused.