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sides

 
Noun side has 12 senses
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  1. 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
  2. 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
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