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Adjective side has 2 senses

side - located on a side; "side fences"; "the side porch"
Antonyms: top, apical, crowning, topmost, uppermost, upmost, upper, bottom, bottommost, lowermost, nethermost, inferior, lower, nether
side - added as a consequence or supplement; "a side benefit"
Antonym: subtracted (indirect, via added)

Noun side has 12 senses

side - 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"
--₁ is a kind of region, part
--₁ has particulars:
bedside; blind side; dockside; east side; hand; north side; shipside; south side; west side
side - one of two or more contesting groups; "the Confederate side was prepared to attack"
--₂ is a kind of unit, social unit

Derived forms: verb side₂, verb side₁
side - either the left or right half of a body; "he had a pain in his side"
--₃ is a kind of area, region
--₃ is a part of torso, trunk, body
side - 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"
--₄ is a kind of surface
--₄ has particulars:
broadside; edge; front; larboard, port; nearside; obverse; rear, back; reverse, verso; sidewall; soffit; starboard; upper surface
side, face - 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"
--₅ is a kind of surface
--₅ has particulars:
beam-ends; bottom, underside, undersurface; front, front end, forepart; lee, lee side, leeward; rear, backside, back end; top, top side, upper side, upside
side - a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure; "the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side"
--₆ is a kind of line
side - 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 is a kind of aspect, facet
--₇ has particulars: downside; hand
side - a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side"
--₈ is a kind of lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
side, side of meat - a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food
--₉ is a kind of cut, cut of meat
--₉ has particulars: side of beef; side of pork
side, position - an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute; "there are two sides to every question"
--₁₀ is a kind of opinion, view

slope, incline, side - an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of the mountain"
--₁₁ is a kind of geological formation, formation
--₁₁ is a part of natural elevation, elevation
--₁₁ has particulars:

ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade; bank; bank, cant, camber; canyonside; coast; descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope; escarpment, scarp; hillside; mountainside, versant; ski slope

English, side - (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist
--₁₂ is a kind of spin

Verb side has 2 senses

side, pull, root - take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for; "We all rooted for the home team"; "I'm pulling for the underdog"; "Are you siding with the defender of the title?"
--₁ is one way to back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support

Derived form: noun side₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
side, go with - take the side of; be on the side of; "Whose side are you on?"; "Why are you taking sides with the accused?"
--₂ is one way to choose, take, select, pick out
Antonyms: straddle

Derived form: noun side₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody