Words that rhyme with betide

• westside 4
  adj 1: of the western part of a city; "he lives in upper westside Manhattan"
• abide 0
  v 1: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" [syn: bide, abide, stay] 2: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" [syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up]
• allied 0
  adj 1: related by common characteristics or ancestry; "allied species"; "allied studies" 2: of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War II; "an Allied victory"; "the Allied armies" 3: of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War I; "an allied offensive"; "the Allied powers" 4: united in a confederacy or league [syn: allied, confederate, confederative] 5: joined by treaty or agreement
• alongside 0
  adv 1: side by side; "anchored close aboard another ship" [syn: aboard, alongside]
• apartheid 0
  n 1: a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa
• applied 0
  adj 1: concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles; "applied physics"; "applied psychology"; "technical problems in medicine, engineering, economics and other applied disciplines"- Sidney Hook [ant: theoretical]
• aside 0
  adv 1: on or to one side; "step aside"; "stood aside to let him pass"; "threw the book aside"; "put her sewing aside when he entered" 2: out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away" [syn: aside, away] 3: not taken into account or excluded from consideration; "these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all joking aside, I think you're crazy" [syn: apart, aside] 4: in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away" [syn: away, aside] 5: placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose; "had a feeling of being set apart"; "quality sets it apart"; "a day set aside for relaxing" [syn: aside, apart] 6: in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day" [syn: aside, by, away] n 1: a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage 2: a message that departs from the main subject [syn: digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis]
• astride 0
  adv 1: with one leg on each side; "she sat astride the chair" [syn: astride, astraddle] 2: with the legs stretched far apart
• backside 0
  n 1: the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel" [syn: rear, backside, back end] [ant: forepart, front, front end] 2: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass]
• backslide 0
  v 1: drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards [syn: lapse, backslide]
• bactericide 0
  n 1: any chemical agent that destroys bacteria [syn: bactericide, bacteriacide] 2: any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth [syn: antibacterial, antibacterial drug, bactericide]
• bedside 0
  n 1: space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person); "the doctor stood at her bedside"
• bestride 0
  v 1: get up on the back of; "mount a horse" [syn: hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride] [ant: get off, hop out]
• bide 0
  v 1: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" [syn: bide, abide, stay]
• bride 0
  n 1: a woman who has recently been married 2: Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523) [syn: Bridget, Saint Bridget, St. Bridget, Brigid, Saint Brigid, St. Brigid, Bride, Saint Bride, St. Bride] 3: a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony
• broadside 0
  adv 1: with a side facing an object; "the train hit the truck broadside"; "the wave caught the canoe broadside and capsized it" adj 1: toward a full side; "a broadside attack" n 1: an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers" [syn: circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway] 2: a speech of violent denunciation [syn: tirade, philippic, broadside] 3: all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship 4: the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern; "the ship was broadside to the dock" 5: the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship v 1: collide with the broad side of; "her car broad-sided mine"
• bromide 0
  n 1: any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs 2: a trite or obvious remark [syn: platitude, cliche, banality, commonplace, bromide]
• carbide 0
  n 1: a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element
• certified 0
  adj 1: endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements; "a certified public accountant" [ant: uncertified] 2: fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly) [syn: certifiable, certified] 3: holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill; "a registered pharmacist"; "a registered hospital" [syn: certified, qualified]
• chide 0
  v 1: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]
• citified 0
  adj 1: being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person [syn: citified, cityfied, city-bred, city- born]
• citywide 0
  adj 1: occurring or extending throughout a city; "citywide bussing"; "a citywide strike"
• classified 0
  adj 1: arranged into classes [ant: unclassified] 2: official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation; "thousands of classified documents have now been declassified" [ant: unclassified] n 1: a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type [syn: classified ad, classified advertisement, classified]
• cockeyed 0
  adj 1: turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff" [syn: askew, awry(p), cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff] 2: incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous" [syn: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous] 3: very drunk [syn: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet]
• codified 0
  adj 1: enacted by a legislative body; "statute law"; "codified written laws" [syn: codified, statute(p)]
• coincide 0
  v 1: go with, fall together [syn: coincide, co-occur, cooccur] 2: happen simultaneously; "The two events coincided" [syn: concur, coincide] 3: be the same; "our views on this matter coincided"
• collide 0
  v 1: be incompatible; be or come into conflict; "These colors clash" [syn: clash, jar, collide] 2: cause to collide; "The physicists collided the particles" 3: crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed" [syn: collide, clash]
• confide 0
  v 1: reveal in private; tell confidentially 2: confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God" [syn: entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit]
• countrified 0
  adj 1: characteristic of rural life; "countrified clothes"; "rustic awkwardness" [syn: countrified, countryfied, rustic]
• countryside 0
  n 1: rural regions
• countrywide 0
  adj 1: occurring or extending throughout a country or nation; "the event aroused nationwide interest"; "a countrywide fund-raising campaign" [syn: countrywide, nationwide]
• cowhide 0
  n 1: leather made from the hide of a cow [syn: cowhide, cowskin] 2: the hide of a cow 3: a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow v 1: flog with a cowhide
• cyanide 0
  n 1: any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN [syn: nitrile, nitril, cyanide] 2: an extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid
• decide 0
  v 1: reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations" [syn: decide, make up one's mind, determine] 2: bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance" [syn: decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate] 3: cause to decide; "This new development finally decided me!" 4: influence or determine; "The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election"
• deride 0
  v 1: treat or speak of with contempt; "He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics"
• dignified 0
  adj 1: having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance; "her dignified demeanor"; "the director of the school was a dignified white-haired gentleman" [ant: undignified] 2: having or showing self-esteem [syn: dignified, self- respecting, self-respectful]
• dioxide 0
  n 1: an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule
• disqualified 0
  adj 1: disqualified by law or rule or provision 2: barred from competition for violation of rules; "a disqualified player"
• dissatisfied 0
  adj 1: in a state of sulky dissatisfaction [syn: disgruntled, dissatisfied]
• diversified 0
  adj 1: having variety of character or form or components; or having increased variety; "a diversified musical program ranging from classical to modern"; "diversified farming"; "diversified manufacturing"; "diversified scenery"; "diversified investments" [ant: undiversified]
• divide 0
  n 1: a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility) 2: a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems [syn: watershed, water parting, divide] v 1: separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" [syn: divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up] [ant: unify, unite] 2: perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?" [syn: divide, fraction] [ant: multiply] 3: act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries" [syn: separate, divide] 4: come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" [syn: separate, divide, part] 5: make a division or separation [syn: separate, divide] 6: force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" [syn: separate, disunite, divide, part]
• dockside 0
  n 1: the region adjacent to a boat dock
• downside 0
  n 1: a negative aspect of something that is generally positive; "there is a downside even to motherhood"
• dried 0
  adj 1: not still wet; "the ink has dried"; "a face marked with dried tears" 2: preserved by removing natural moisture; "dried beef"; "dried fruit"; "dehydrated eggs"; "shredded and desiccated coconut meat" [syn: dried, dehydrated, desiccated]
• dyed 0
  adj 1: (used of color) artificially produced; not natural; "a bleached blonde" [syn: bleached, colored, coloured, dyed]
• elide 0
  v 1: leave or strike out; "This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant"
• eventide 0
  n 1: the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake" [syn: evening, eve, even, eventide]
• eyed 0
  adj 1: having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified; often used in combination; "a peacock's eyed feathers"; "red-eyed" [ant: eyeless]
• fireside 0
  n 1: an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room); "they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire" [syn: hearth, fireside] 2: home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; "driven from hearth and home"; "fighting in defense of their firesides" [syn: hearth, fireside]
• fluoride 0
  n 1: a salt of hydrofluoric acid
• fried 0
  adj 1: cooked by frying in fat [syn: fried, deep-fried]
• glide 0
  n 1: a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant [syn: semivowel, glide] 2: the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope" [syn: slide, glide, coast] 3: the activity of flying a glider [syn: glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing] v 1: move smoothly and effortlessly 2: fly in or as if in a glider plane 3: cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
• guide 0
  n 1: someone employed to conduct others [syn: usher, guide] 2: someone who shows the way by leading or advising 3: something that offers basic information or instruction [syn: guidebook, guide] 4: a model or standard for making comparisons [syn: template, templet, guide] 5: someone who can find paths through unexplored territory [syn: scout, pathfinder, guide] 6: a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something v 1: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling [syn: steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise] 2: take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" [syn: lead, take, direct, conduct, guide] 3: be a guiding or motivating force or drive; "The teacher steered the gifted students towards the more challenging courses" [syn: guide, steer] 4: use as a guide; "They had the lights to guide on" [syn: guide, guide on] 5: pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers" [syn: guide, run, draw, pass]
• hide 0
  n 1: the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal) [syn: hide, fell] 2: body covering of a living animal [syn: hide, pelt, skin] v 1: prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money" [syn: hide, conceal] [ant: show] 2: be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety; "Probably his horse would be close to where he was hiding"; "She is hiding out in a cabin in Montana" [syn: hide, hide out] 3: cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery" [syn: shroud, enshroud, hide, cover] 4: make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat" [syn: obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide]
• hillside 0
  n 1: the side or slope of a hill
• horsehide 0
  n 1: leather from the hide of a horse
• inside 0
  adv 1: within a building; "in winter we play inside" [syn: inside, indoors] [ant: alfresco, out of doors, outdoors, outside] 2: on the inside; "inside, the car is a mess" [syn: inside, within] [ant: outside] 3: with respect to private feelings; "inwardly, she was raging" [syn: inwardly, inside] [ant: outwardly] 4: in reality; "she is very kind at heart" [syn: at heart, at bottom, deep down, inside, in spite of appearance] adj 1: relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space; "he reached into his inside jacket pocket"; "inside out"; "an inside pitch is between home plate and the batter" [ant: outside] 2: being or applying to the inside of a building; "an inside wall" 3: confined to an exclusive group; "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; "privileged information" [syn: inside, inner, privileged] 4: away from the outer edge; "an inner lahne"; "the inside lane" n 1: the region that is inside of something [syn: inside, interior] [ant: exterior, outside] 2: the inner or enclosed surface of something [syn: inside, interior] [ant: exterior, outside]
• joyride 0
  n 1: a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure; "they took their girlfriends for joyrides in stolen cars" v 1: ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it; "We tooled down the street" [syn: joyride, tool, tool around]
• landslide 0
  n 1: an overwhelming electoral victory; "Roosevelt defeated Hoover in a landslide" 2: a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff [syn: landslide, landslip]
• lied 0
  n 1: a German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano
• misguide 0
  v 1: lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver" [syn: mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray] 2: give bad advice to [syn: misadvise, misguide]
• nationwide 0
  adv 1: extending throughout an entire nation; "nationally advertised"; "it was broadcast nationwide" [syn: nationally, nationwide, across the nation, across the country] adj 1: occurring or extending throughout a country or nation; "the event aroused nationwide interest"; "a countrywide fund-raising campaign" [syn: countrywide, nationwide]
• noontide 0
  n 1: the middle of the day [syn: noon, twelve noon, high noon, midday, noonday, noontide]
• nucleotide 0
  n 1: a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) [syn: nucleotide, base]
• offside 0
  adv 1: illegally in advance of the ball or puck adj 1: illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck; "the touchdown was nullified because the left tackle was offside" [syn: offside, offsides] [ant: onside] n 1: (sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.)
• outside 0
  adv 1: outside a building; "in summer we play outside" [syn: outside, outdoors, out of doors, alfresco] [ant: indoors, inside] 2: on the outside; "outside, the box is black" [ant: inside, within] adj 1: relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit; "an outside margin" [ant: inside] 2: coming from the outside; "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income"; "disdaining outside pressure groups" [syn: external, extraneous, outside] 3: originating or belonging beyond some bounds:"the outside world"; "outside interests"; "an outside job" 4: located, suited for, or taking place in the open air; "outdoor clothes"; "badminton and other outdoor games"; "a beautiful outdoor setting for the wedding" [syn: outdoor(a), out-of-door, outside] [ant: indoor(a)] 5: functioning outside the boundaries or precincts of an organized unit; "extramural hospital care and treatment"; "extramural studies" 6: leading to or from the outside; "an outside door" 7: from or between other countries; "external commerce"; "international trade"; "developing nations need outside help" [syn: external, international, outside(a)] 8: very unlikely; "an outside chance"; "a remote possibility"; "a remote contingency" [syn: outside, remote] 9: on or toward an outer edge; "an outer lane"; "the outside lane" 10: (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch" [syn: away, outside] n 1: the region that is outside of something [syn: outside, exterior] [ant: inside, interior] 2: the outer side or surface of something [syn: outside, exterior] [ant: inside, interior]
• oxide 0
  n 1: any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical
• peptide 0
  n 1: amide combining the amino group of one amino acid with the carboxyl group of another; usually obtained by partial hydrolysis of protein
• pied 0
  adj 1: having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies" [syn: motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi- colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured]
• polypeptide 0
  n 1: a peptide containing 10 to more than 100 amino acids
• popeyed 0
  adj 1: with eyes or mouth open in surprise [syn: goggle-eyed, openmouthed, popeyed] 2: having bulging eyes
• preside 0
  v 1: act as president; "preside over companies and corporations"
• pride 0
  n 1: a feeling of self-respect and personal worth [syn: pride, pridefulness] [ant: humbleness, humility] 2: satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements; "he takes pride in his son's success" 3: the trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards 4: a group of lions 5: unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: pride, superbia] v 1: be proud of; "He prides himself on making it into law school" [syn: pride, plume, congratulate]
• provide 0
  v 1: give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" [syn: supply, provide, render, furnish] 2: give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" [syn: provide, supply, ply, cater] 3: determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation; "The will provides that each child should receive half of the money"; "The Constitution provides for the right to free speech" 4: mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance" [syn: put up, provide, offer] 5: make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway" [syn: leave, allow for, allow, provide] 6: supply means of subsistence; earn a living; "He provides for his large family by working three jobs"; "Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon" [syn: provide, bring home the bacon] 7: take measures in preparation for; "provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship"
• rawhide 0
  n 1: untanned hide especially of cattle; cut in strips it is used for whips and ropes
• reside 0
  v 1: make one's home in a particular place or community; "may parents reside in Florida" [syn: reside, shack, domicile, domiciliate] 2: live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor" [syn: occupy, reside, lodge in] 3: be inherent or innate in; [syn: rest, reside, repose]
• ride 0
  n 1: a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile); "he took the family for a drive in his new car" [syn: drive, ride] 2: a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement v 1: sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions; "She never sat a horse!"; "Did you ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young mare" [syn: ride, sit] 2: be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day" [ant: walk] 3: continue undisturbed and without interference; "Let it ride" 4: move like a floating object; "The moon rode high in the night sky" 5: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride] 6: be sustained or supported or borne; "His glasses rode high on his nose"; "The child rode on his mother's hips"; "She rode a wave of popularity"; "The brothers rode to an easy victory on their father's political name" 7: have certain properties when driven; "This car rides smoothly"; "My new truck drives well" [syn: drive, ride] 8: be contingent on; "The outcomes rides on the results of the election"; "Your grade will depends on your homework" [syn: depend on, devolve on, depend upon, ride, turn on, hinge on, hinge upon] 9: lie moored or anchored; "Ship rides at anchor" 10: sit on and control a vehicle; "He rides his bicycle to work every day"; "She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town" 11: climb up on the body; "Shorts that ride up"; "This skirt keeps riding up my legs" 12: ride over, along, or through; "Ride the freeways of California" 13: keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot; "Don't ride the clutch!" 14: copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" [syn: ride, mount]
• ringside 0
  n 1: first row of seating; has an unobstructed view of a boxing or wrestling ring [syn: ringside, ringside seat]
• riptide 0
  n 1: a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current [syn: rip, riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent] 2: a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore [syn: riptide, rip current]
• roadside 0
  n 1: edge of a way or road or path; "flowers along the wayside" [syn: wayside, roadside]
• seaside 0
  n 1: the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort [syn: seaside, seaboard]
• side 0
  adj 1: located on a side; "side fences"; "the side porch" [ant: bottom(a), top(a)] n 1: a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location; "they always sat on the right side of the church"; "he never left my side" 2: one of two or more contesting groups; "the Confederate side was prepared to attack" 3: either the left or right half of a body; "he had a pain in his side" 4: a surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf" [syn: side, face] 5: an extended outer surface of an object; "he turned the box over to examine the bottom side"; "they painted all four sides of the house" 6: an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect); "he was on the heavy side"; "he is on the purchasing side of the business"; "it brought out his better side" 7: a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure; "the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side" 8: a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side" 9: a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food [syn: side, side of meat] 10: an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute; "there are two sides to every question" [syn: side, position] 11: an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain" [syn: slope, incline, side] 12: (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist [syn: English, side] v 1: take sides for or against; "Who are you widing with?"; "I"m siding against the current candidate"
• slide 0
  n 1: a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study [syn: slide, microscope slide] 2: (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc. 3: (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides" [syn: swoop, slide] 4: plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide [syn: slide, playground slide, sliding board] 5: the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope" [syn: slide, glide, coast] 6: a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector [syn: slide, lantern slide] 7: sloping channel through which things can descend [syn: chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough] v 1: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn: skid, slip, slue, slew, slide] 2: to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate" [syn: slither, slide] 3: move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler"
• snide 0
  adj 1: expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one" [syn: supercilious, sneering, snide]
• springtide 0
  n 1: a swelling rush of anything; "he rose on the springtide of prosperity" 2: a greater than average tide occurring during the new and full moons [ant: neap, neap tide]
• stride 0
  n 1: a step in walking or running [syn: pace, stride, tread] 2: the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig" [syn: footstep, pace, step, stride] 3: significant progress (especially in the phrase "make strides"); "they made big strides in productivity" v 1: walk with long steps; "He strode confidently across the hall" 2: cover or traverse by taking long steps; "She strode several miles towards the woods"
• subdivide 0
  v 1: form into subdivisions; "The cells subdivided" 2: divide into smaller and smaller pieces; "This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!"
• subside 0
  v 1: wear off or die down; "The pain subsided" [syn: subside, lessen] 2: sink to a lower level or form a depression; "the valleys subside" 3: sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm" [syn: subside, settle] 4: descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair" [syn: sink, subside]
• tide 0
  n 1: the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon 2: something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea); "a rising tide of popular interest" 3: there are usually two high and two low tides each day [syn: tide, lunar time period] v 1: rise or move forward; "surging waves" [syn: tide, surge] [ant: ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out] 2: cause to float with the tide 3: be carried with the tide
• tied 0
  adj 1: bound or secured closely; "the guard was found trussed up with his arms and legs securely tied"; "a trussed chicken" [syn: trussed, tied] 2: bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection; "people tied by blood or marriage" 3: fastened with strings or cords; "a neatly tied bundle" [syn: tied, fastened] [ant: unfastened, untied] 4: closed with a lace; "snugly laced shoes" [syn: laced, tied] [ant: unlaced, untied] 5: of the score in a contest; "the score is tied" [syn: tied(p), even, level(p)]
• topside 0
  n 1: (usually plural) weather deck; the part of a ship's hull that is above the waterline
• tried 0
  adj 1: tested and proved useful or correct; "a tested method" [syn: tested, tried, well-tried] 2: tested and proved to be reliable [syn: tested, time- tested, tried, tried and true]
• untied 0
  adj 1: not tied [syn: untied, unfastened] [ant: fastened, tied] 2: with laces not tied; "teenagers slopping around in unlaced sneakers" [syn: unlaced, untied] [ant: laced, tied] 3: not bound by shackles and chains [syn: unchained, unfettered, unshackled, untied]
• untried 0
  adj 1: not tried or tested by experience; "unseasoned artillery volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing" [syn: unseasoned, untested, untried, young] 2: not yet proved or subjected to testing; "an untested drug"; "untested theory"; "an untried procedure" [syn: untested, untried]
• upside 0
  n 1: the highest or uppermost side of anything; "put your books on top of the desk"; "only the top side of the box was painted" [syn: top, top side, upper side, upside]
• walleyed 0
  adj 1: having divergent strabismus [ant: cross-eyed]
• wayside 0
  n 1: edge of a way or road or path; "flowers along the wayside" [syn: wayside, roadside]
• wide 0
  adv 1: with or by a broad space; "stand with legs wide apart"; "ran wide around left end" 2: to the fullest extent possible; "open your eyes wide"; "with the throttle wide open" 3: far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander" [syn: wide, astray] 4: to or over a great extent or range; far; "wandered wide through many lands"; "he traveled widely" [syn: wide, widely] adj 1: having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river" [syn: wide, broad] [ant: narrow] 2: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn: across-the- board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide] 3: (used of eyes) fully open or extended; "stared with wide eyes" [syn: wide-eyed, wide] 4: very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies" [syn: broad, spacious, wide] 5: great in degree; "won by a wide margin" [ant: narrow] 6: having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt" [syn: wide, wide-cut, full] 7: not on target; "the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth" [syn: wide, wide of the mark]
• worldwide 0
  adj 1: spanning or extending throughout the entire world; "worldwide distribution"; "a worldwide epidemic" [syn: worldwide, world-wide] 2: involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope; "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither national nor continental but planetary"; "a world crisis"; "of worldwide significance" [syn: global, planetary, world(a), worldwide, world-wide] 3: of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience" [syn: cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world- wide]
• yuletide 0
  n 1: period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 [syn: Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel]

See also betide definition and betide synonyms