Wide

wid, a. Having a great extent every way; spa- cio us; vast; having considerable distance or extent between the sides; not narrow; of a certain measure between the sides remote distant broad extensive; large; liberal; comprehensive.— adv. To a distance; far; far from; widely. [AS. wid, Ic. vidhr, Sw. and Dan. vid, G. we it.] — Widely, adv. In a wide manner; to a wide degree; far; extensively; very much; to a great desrree.— Wid'en, wid'n, v. [-ENED (-nd), -ening.] To make wide or wider.— To grow wide or wider; to enlarge. — Wide'ne , n. Quality or state of being wide; nreadth; width; large extent in all directions. —Width, n. Quality of l)eing wide; extent from side to side breadth; widene . [Ic. vidd.] Wide'-a-wake', a. On the alert; ready; knowing; earnest — n. A broad brimmed, low-crowned, felt hat. Widgeon, wij r un, n. A hand some migratory herbivorous aquatic bird, allied to the ducks. [F. vigeon, ginge on, prob. Dan. and Sw. vinge, a wing:, Norweg. vingla, to flutter, flap: see Wing.] Widow, wid'o.w. A woman who has lost her Widgeon. am. fame, far, Di or opera, far** end, WILD husband by death, and has not married again.— v.t. [widowed (-od), -owing.] To bereave of a husband; to deprive of one who is loved, make desolate or bare, bereave. [AS. widwe, OHG. wituwa, Goth, widuwo, widowo, L. vidua, a widow, fern, of viduus, bereft of (whence E. void, also Sp. vidua, F. veuve, a widow), also W. gweddw, Ru . vdova, Skr. vidhava, a widow, f vimlh, to lack.] — Wid'ower, -o-er, n. A man who has lost bis wife by death, and has not married again. [ME. widwer, G. wra'ttwer.] — Wid'owhood, w. State of being a widow; also, rarely, state of being a widower. Width. See under Wide.