side

head

side c (singular definite siden, plural indefinite sider)

siden (definite singular)
sider (indefinite plural)
side (indefinite nominative singular)
siden (definite nominative singular)
sider (indefinite nominative plural)
siderne (definite nominative plural)
sides (genitive indefinite singular)
sidens (definite genitive singular)
siders (genitive indefinite plural)
sidernes (definite genitive plural)

[ˈs̺iːð̩˕˗ˠ]


side

A square has four sides.

A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.

A cube has six sides.

A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.

Which side of the tray shall I put it on?  The patient was bleeding on the right side.

We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine.[…]As we reached the lodge we heard the whistle, and we backed up against one side of the platform as the train pulled up at the other.

1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.

1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.

Meet me on the north side of the monument.

Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.

1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

A region in a specified position with respect to something.

Meronyms: flank, loin; latus, lumbus

I generally sleep on my side.

Roll the patient onto the left side so that head, shoulders, and torso move at the same time without twisting.

2006, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured (Jones & Bartlett Learning, p. 234

The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back.

John wrote 15 sides for his essay!

One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)

Look on the bright side.

One possible aspect of a concept, person, or thing.

Which side has kick-off?

Newly promoted, they were top of the First Division and unbeaten when they took on a Manchester United side that had been revitalized by a new manager,[…].

1988, Ken Jones with Pat Welton Crown, Soccer skills & tactics, page 9:

It was no less than Valencia deserved after dominating possession in the final 20 minutes although Chelsea defended resolutely and restricted the Spanish side to shooting from long range.

2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1-1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:

Initially, the English, Welsh, Scots and Irish unions refused to send national sides, preferring instead to send touring sides like the Barbarians, the Penguins, the Co-Optimists, the Wolfhounds, Crawshays Welsh, and the Public School Wanderers.

2011, Nick Cain, Greg Growden, Rugby Union For Dummies, 3rd edition, UK, page 220:

A group of morris dancers who perform together.

there are two sides to every question

Although there are two sides to every story, the fallacy that they are inevitably equally ethical is called bothsidesism.

In the Second World War, the Italians were on the side of the Germans until Italy switched sides in 1943.

"Creating artificial rain over the Yellow Sea would help the Chinese side too," the spokesman said Kim told the meeting.
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2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

We have not always been of the[…]same side in politics.

1824, Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations: Lord Chesterfield and Lord Chatham:

sets the passions on the side of truth

1733–1737, Alexander Pope, [Imitations of Horace], London: […] R[obert] Dodsley [et al.]:

A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.

But Bechet chafed under even the loose discipline of the Ellington group, and left. Through these years he wandered, making only a few sides, at the moment when jazz records were beginning to flood onto the market.

1995, James Lincoln Collier, Jazz: The American Theme Song, page 41:

(music) A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz.

He had to put a bit of side on to hit the pink ball.

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) Sidespin; english

I just want to see what's on the other side — James said there was a good film on tonight.

(British, Australia, Ireland, dated) A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched (from when there were only two channels).

Do you want a side of cole-slaw with that?

(US, Philippines, colloquial) A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.

his mother's side of the family

To sit upon thy father David's throne, / By Mothers side thy father.

1671, John Milton, “The Third Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:

Thankfully our son agreed and chose a name which, according to what I have been told is the name of the last in a long line of Rabbis on my wife's side.

2016 February 27, Sean M. Teaford, Out on the Limbs: Searching for Answers in the Family Tree, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:

A line of descent traced through a particular relative, usually a parent or spouse, as distinguished from that traced through another.

Clayton Kershaw struck out the side in the 6th inning.

(baseball) The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher.

His manner never had been modest or retiring. Now it was unmistakably swanky; he was putting on side to an extent that made fellows who observed him smile and shrug their shoulders.

1930, Frank Richards, “Tale-Bearer in Chief”, in The Magnet:

(slang, dated, uncountable) An unjustified air of self-importance.

Some directors use full scripts (book); others use “sides,” which consist of one or two words of the cue and the subsequent full speech of the individual actor.

2010, Viola Spolin, Carol Sills, Theater Games for Rehearsal: A Director's Handbook, page 12:

The short scenes in this book are particularly useful for audition workshops since audition sides are rarely longer than two pages.

(drama) A written monologue or part of a scene to be read by an actor at an audition.

My boyfriend and I are both sides; we prefer to do oral and other stuff.

(LGBTQ, slang) A man who prefers not to engage in anal sex during same-sex sexual activity.

And 9 is said to be the Square, 27 the Cube of 3, which is call'd the Side of 9 and 27, &c.

1723, Edward Wells, The Young Gentleman's Arithmetick, and Geometry, page 127:

en-noun

side (countable and uncountable, plural sides)

know which side one's bread is buttered on

laugh out of the other side of one's mouth

not be able to hit the broad side of a barn

the apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest

the grass is always greener on the other side

the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

the grass is always greener on the other side of the road

бок

portion of the human torso generally covered by the arms

կողմ

group having a particular allegiance in a war

From Middle English side, from Old English sīde (“side, flank”), from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ (“side, flank, edge, shore”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēy- (“to send, throw, drop, sow, deposit”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Siede (“side”), West Frisian side (“side”), Dutch zijde, zij (“side”), German Low German Sied (“side”), German Seite (“side”), Danish and Norwegian side (“side”), Swedish sida (“side”).

inh

Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ (“side, flank, edge, shore”)


side

One mighty squadron with a side wind sped.

1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):

Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.

a side issue; a side view or remark

The law hath no side respect to their persons.

1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):

en-adj

side (comparative more side, superlative most side)

more side (comparative)
most side (superlative)


side

Which will you side with, good or evil?

All rising to great place is by a winding star; and if there be factions, it is good to side a man's self, whilst he is in the rising, and to balance himself when he is placed.

1597, Francis Bacon, “Of Great Place”, in Essays:

All side in parties, and begin the attack.

1714, Alexander Pope, “The Rape of the Lock”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717, →OCLC, canto V:

How does it feel... to... side in with those who voted against you in 1947?

1958, Archer Fullingim, The Kountze [Texas] News, August 28, 1958:

(intransitive) To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"

His blind eye that syded Paridell.

1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 27:

(transitive, obsolete) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.

1660-1667, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon
He had ſure read more , and carried more about him , in his excellent Memory , than any Man I ever knew , my Lord Falkland only excepted , who I think ſided him

(transitive, obsolete) To suit; to pair; to match.

(transitive, shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.

to side a house

Entrees are sided with a generous portion of vegetables, and some include little surprises […]

1995, Orange Coast Magazine, volume 11, number 8, page 166:

A chocolate cakelette, caramel percolating from its warm top, is sided with peanut butter chantilly cream.

2009 March 14, Corey Mintz, “Stop and cheer chefs' dedication to quality”, in Toronto Star:

(transitive, cooking) To provide with, as a side or accompaniment.

en-verb

side (third-person singular simple present sides, present participle siding, simple past and past participle sided)

sides (present singular third-person)
siding (participle present)
sided (participle past)
sided (past)


side

But when he perceaved that the sayd Pryest could not pourge himself of the foresayd crime he prively payed him his quarters wages before hande and suffered hym to departe without farther tryall of the sayd cryme: and now he jetteth in london wyth side gown and sarcenet typet as good a virgin priest as the best.

c. 1556, Thomas Cranmer, “That the general counsels withoute the worde of god are not sufficiente to make articles of fayth”, in A Confutation of Unwritten Verities:

Hiz gooun had syde sleeuez dooun to midlegge, slit from the shooulder too the hand, & lined with white cotten.

1575, Robert Laneham, “The auncient Minstrell described”, in F. J. Furnivall, editor, Robert Laneham’s Letter: Describing a Part of the Entertainment unto Queen Elizabeth at the Castle of Kenelworth in 1575, London: Chatto & Windus, published 1907, page 38:

What doe we make dost thou aske? why we make faces for feare: such as if thy mortall eyes could behold, would make thee water the long seames of thy side slops […]

c. 1590 (date written), G[eorge] P[eele], The Old Wiues Tale. […], London: […] Iohn Danter, for Raph Hancocke, and Iohn Hardie, […], published 1595, →OCLC, [lines 47-50]:

By my troth, ’s but a night-gown in respect of yours: cloth o’ gold, and cuts, and laced with silver, set with pearls, down sleeves, side sleeves, and skirts, round underborne with a bluish tinsel […]

1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:

(UK archaic, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching.

From Middle English side, syde, syd, from Old English sīd (“wide, broad, spacious, ample, extensive, vast, far-reaching”), from Proto-West Germanic *sīd, from Proto-Germanic *sīdaz (“drooping, hanging, low, excessive, extra”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēy- (“to send, throw, drop, sow, deposit”). Cognate with obsolete Dutch zijd (“wide, vast”), Low German sied (“low”), Swedish sid (“long, hanging down”), Icelandic síður (“low hanging, long”).


side

Meanwhile I have plenty to employ me, in siding drawers and locked places, which I left in the disgracefullest confusion ;

1883, Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle, James Anthony Froude, Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle - Volume 1, page 292:

Now side everything away. The medicines too —put them in the cupboard.

1897, Sir Hall Caine, The Manxman - Volume 2, page 304:

As it had done then, Clare's heart, in a constant state of stress these days, missed a beat now, and she turned hastily to the table where she was siding the dinner things, doing her best to hide her expression which surely would give her away.

2001, Audrey Howard, The Seasons Will Pass:


side

sideme (genitive)
sidet (partitive)
side (nominative singular)
sidemed (nominative plural)
side (accusative nominative singular)
sidemed (accusative nominative plural)
sideme (accusative genitive singular)
sidemed (accusative genitive plural)
sideme (genitive singular)
sidemete (genitive plural)
sidet (partitive singular)
sidemeid (partitive plural)
sidemesse (illative singular)
sidemetesse (illative plural)
sidemeisse (illative plural)
sidemes (inessive singular)
sidemetes (inessive plural)
sidemeis (inessive plural)
sidemest (elative singular)
sidemetest (elative plural)
sidemeist (elative plural)
sidemele (allative singular)
sidemetele (allative plural)
sidemeile (allative plural)
sidemel (adessive singular)
sidemetel (adessive plural)
sidemeil (adessive plural)
sidemelt (ablative singular)
sidemetelt (ablative plural)
sidemeilt (ablative plural)
sidemeks (singular translative)
sidemeteks (plural translative)
sidemeiks (plural translative)
sidemeni (singular terminative)
sidemeteni (plural terminative)
sidemena (essive singular)
sidemetena (essive plural)
sidemeta (abessive singular)
sidemeteta (abessive plural)
sidemega (comitative singular)
sidemetega (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *sidek. Equivalent to siduma + -e.


side

communication (especially one achieved through technology)

Miks sidet pole?

side (genitive)
sidet (partitive)
side (nominative singular)
sided (nominative plural)
side (accusative nominative singular)
sided (accusative nominative plural)
side (accusative genitive singular)
sided (accusative genitive plural)
side (genitive singular)
sidede (genitive plural)
sidet (partitive singular)
sidesid (partitive plural)
sidde (illative singular)
sidesse (illative singular)
sidedesse (illative plural)
sides (inessive singular)
sidedes (inessive plural)
sidest (elative singular)
sidedest (elative plural)
sidele (allative singular)
sidedele (allative plural)
sidel (adessive singular)
sidedel (adessive plural)
sidelt (ablative singular)
sidedelt (ablative plural)
sideks (singular translative)
sidedeks (plural translative)
sideni (singular terminative)
sidedeni (plural terminative)
sidena (essive singular)
sidedena (essive plural)
sideta (abessive singular)
sidedeta (abessive plural)
sidega (comitative singular)
sidedega (comitative plural)


side

bandage (medical binding or strip of cloth used as a blindfold)

bond (emotional link, connection or union)

side (nominative singular)
siteet (nominative plural)
side (accusative nominative singular)
siteet (accusative nominative plural)
siteen (accusative genitive singular)
siteet (accusative genitive plural)
siteen (genitive singular)
siteiden (genitive plural)
siteitten (genitive plural)
sidettä (partitive singular)
siteitä (partitive plural)
siteessä (inessive singular)
siteissä (inessive plural)
siteestä (elative singular)
siteistä (elative plural)
siteeseen (illative singular)
siteisiin (illative plural)
siteihin (illative plural)
siteellä (adessive singular)
siteillä (adessive plural)
siteeltä (ablative singular)
siteiltä (ablative plural)
siteelle (allative singular)
siteille (allative plural)
siteenä (essive singular)
siteinä (essive plural)
siteeksi (singular translative)
siteiksi (plural translative)
siteettä (abessive singular)
siteittä (abessive plural)
sitein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
siteeni (nominative singular)
siteeni (nominative plural)
siteeni (accusative nominative singular)
siteeni (accusative nominative plural)
siteeni (accusative genitive singular)
siteeni (accusative genitive plural)
siteeni (genitive singular)
siteideni (genitive plural)
siteitteni (genitive plural)
sidettäni (partitive singular)
siteitäni (partitive plural)
siteessäni (inessive singular)
siteissäni (inessive plural)
siteestäni (elative singular)
siteistäni (elative plural)
siteeseeni (illative singular)
siteisiini (illative plural)
siteihini (illative plural)
siteelläni (adessive singular)
siteilläni (adessive plural)
siteeltäni (ablative singular)
siteiltäni (ablative plural)
siteelleni (allative singular)
siteilleni (allative plural)
siteenäni (essive singular)
siteinäni (essive plural)
siteekseni (singular translative)
siteikseni (plural translative)
siteettäni (abessive singular)
siteittäni (abessive plural)
siteineni (comitative plural)
siteesi (nominative singular)
siteesi (nominative plural)
siteesi (accusative nominative singular)
siteesi (accusative nominative plural)
siteesi (accusative genitive singular)
siteesi (accusative genitive plural)
siteesi (genitive singular)
siteidesi (genitive plural)
siteittesi (genitive plural)
sidettäsi (partitive singular)
siteitäsi (partitive plural)
siteessäsi (inessive singular)
siteissäsi (inessive plural)
siteestäsi (elative singular)
siteistäsi (elative plural)
siteeseesi (illative singular)
siteisiisi (illative plural)
siteihisi (illative plural)
siteelläsi (adessive singular)
siteilläsi (adessive plural)
siteeltäsi (ablative singular)
siteiltäsi (ablative plural)
siteellesi (allative singular)
siteillesi (allative plural)
siteenäsi (essive singular)
siteinäsi (essive plural)
siteeksesi (singular translative)
siteiksesi (plural translative)
siteettäsi (abessive singular)
siteittäsi (abessive plural)
siteinesi (comitative plural)
siteemme (nominative singular)
siteemme (nominative plural)
siteemme (accusative nominative singular)
siteemme (accusative nominative plural)
siteemme (accusative genitive singular)
siteemme (accusative genitive plural)
siteemme (genitive singular)
siteidemme (genitive plural)
siteittemme (genitive plural)
sidettämme (partitive singular)
siteitämme (partitive plural)
siteessämme (inessive singular)
siteissämme (inessive plural)
siteestämme (elative singular)
siteistämme (elative plural)
siteeseemme (illative singular)
siteisiimme (illative plural)
siteihimme (illative plural)
siteellämme (adessive singular)
siteillämme (adessive plural)
siteeltämme (ablative singular)
siteiltämme (ablative plural)
siteellemme (allative singular)
siteillemme (allative plural)
siteenämme (essive singular)
siteinämme (essive plural)
siteeksemme (singular translative)
siteiksemme (plural translative)
siteettämme (abessive singular)
siteittämme (abessive plural)
siteinemme (comitative plural)
siteenne (nominative singular)
siteenne (nominative plural)
siteenne (accusative nominative singular)
siteenne (accusative nominative plural)
siteenne (accusative genitive singular)
siteenne (accusative genitive plural)
siteenne (genitive singular)
siteidenne (genitive plural)
siteittenne (genitive plural)
sidettänne (partitive singular)
siteitänne (partitive plural)
siteessänne (inessive singular)
siteissänne (inessive plural)
siteestänne (elative singular)
siteistänne (elative plural)
siteeseenne (illative singular)
siteisiinne (illative plural)
siteihinne (illative plural)
siteellänne (adessive singular)
siteillänne (adessive plural)
siteeltänne (ablative singular)
siteiltänne (ablative plural)
siteellenne (allative singular)
siteillenne (allative plural)
siteenänne (essive singular)
siteinänne (essive plural)
siteeksenne (singular translative)
siteiksenne (plural translative)
siteettänne (abessive singular)
siteittänne (abessive plural)
siteinenne (comitative plural)
siteensä (nominative singular)
siteensä (nominative plural)
siteensä (accusative nominative singular)
siteensä (accusative nominative plural)
siteensä (accusative genitive singular)
siteensä (accusative genitive plural)
siteensä (genitive singular)
siteidensä (genitive plural)
siteittensä (genitive plural)
sidettään (partitive singular)
sidettänsä (partitive singular)
siteitään (partitive plural)
siteitänsä (partitive plural)
siteessään (inessive singular)
siteessänsä (inessive singular)
siteissään (inessive plural)
siteissänsä (inessive plural)
siteestään (elative singular)
siteestänsä (elative singular)
siteistään (elative plural)
siteistänsä (elative plural)
siteeseensä (illative singular)
siteisiinsä (illative plural)
siteihinsä (illative plural)
siteellään (adessive singular)
siteellänsä (adessive singular)
siteillään (adessive plural)
siteillänsä (adessive plural)
siteeltään (ablative singular)
siteeltänsä (ablative singular)
siteiltään (ablative plural)
siteiltänsä (ablative plural)
siteelleen (allative singular)
siteellensä (allative singular)
siteilleen (allative plural)
siteillensä (allative plural)
siteenään (essive singular)
siteenänsä (essive singular)
siteinään (essive plural)
siteinänsä (essive plural)
siteekseen (singular translative)
siteeksensä (singular translative)
siteikseen (plural translative)
siteiksensä (plural translative)
siteettään (abessive singular)
siteettänsä (abessive singular)
siteittään (abessive plural)
siteittänsä (abessive plural)
siteineen (comitative plural)
siteinensä (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *sidek. Equivalent to sitoa (“to bind, tie”) + -e.


side

second-person singular present active imperative of sīdō


side

head

side f (genitive singular sidey, plural sideyn)

sidey (genitive singular)
sideyn (plural)
side (mutation mutation-radical)
hide (lenition mutation)
after "yn" (lenition mutation)
tide (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish saiget, from Latin sagitta.


side

English: side

Scots: side, syde

Yola: zeide


side

áes side

people of the fairy mounds, supernatural beings, fairies

Irish: sí, síth

Manx: shee

Scottish Gaelic: sìth, sìdh

From Old Irish síd, from Proto-Celtic *sīdos (“mound (inhabited by fairies); peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēds, from *sed- (“to sit”).


side

på høyre side

sida (definite singular)
siden (definite singular)
sider (indefinite plural)
sidene (definite plural)


side

ei bok på 300 sider

sida (definite singular)
sider (indefinite plural)
sidene (definite plural)

From Old Norse síða. Akin to English side.


side

sīde (canonical feminine)
sīde (nominative singular)
sīdan (nominative plural)
sīdan (accusative singular)
sīdan (accusative plural)
sīdan (genitive singular)
sīdena (genitive plural)
sīdan (dative singular)
sīdum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: side, zide (Kent)
English: side
Scots: side, syde
Yola: zeide

From Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ, whence also Old High German sīta.


side

sīde (canonical feminine)
sīdan (nominative plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin sēta, whence also Old High German sīda (“silk”).


side

nominative/accusative singular masculine unstressed

inflection of suide:
genitive singular feminine unstressed


side

Cognate with Sahu sidete (“sail, to sail”).


side

toside (exclusive first-person plural)
foside (first-person plural)
miside (first-person plural)
noside (exclusive plural second-person)
niside (plural second-person)
oside (masculine plural third-person)
iside (masculine third-person)
yoside (masculine third-person)
moside (feminine masculine)
iside (feminine)
yoside (feminine)
iside (masculine neuter)
iside (neuter)
yoside (neuter)


side

head

side c (plural siden, diminutive sydsje)

From Old Frisian sīde, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.