∙ Having a large physical extent from side to side.
∙ Large in scope.
∙ Operating at the side of the playing area. sports
∙ On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
∙ Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth. phonetics, dated
∙ Vast, great in extent, extensive. Scotland, Northern England, now rare
∙ Remote; distant; far.
∙ Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc. obsolete
∙ Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation. computing
Adverb
∙ extensively
∙ completely
∙ away from a given goal
∙ So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.
Noun
∙ A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score cricket