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[ noun ] a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
Examples "they always sat on the right side of the church" "he never left my side" Used in print (Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)Sonar can be used to measure the thickness of the heart by placing small crystal transducers at opposite sides of the heart or blood_vessel and exciting one with some pulsed ultrasonic energy . (Successful Farming, 59:12...)There are three principal feed_bunk types for dairy and beef_cattle : ( 1 ) Fence-line bunks - cattle eat from one side while feed is put_in from the opposite side of the fence by self unloading wagons ; ( 2 ) Mechanized bunks - they sit within the feed_lot , are filled by a mechanical conveyor above feeding surface ; ( 3 ) Special bunks - as discussed here , they permit cattle to eat from all sides . There are three principal feed_bunk types for dairy and beef_cattle : ( 1 ) Fence-line bunks - cattle eat from one side while feed is put_in from the opposite side of the fence by self unloading wagons ; ( 2 ) Mechanized bunks - they sit within the feed_lot , are filled by a mechanical conveyor above feeding surface ; ( 3 ) Special bunks - as discussed here , they permit cattle to eat from all sides . There are three principal feed_bunk types for dairy and beef_cattle : ( 1 ) Fence-line bunks - cattle eat from one side while feed is put_in from the opposite side of the fence by self unloading wagons ; ( 2 ) Mechanized bunks - they sit within the feed_lot , are filled by a mechanical conveyor above feeding surface ; ( 3 ) Special bunks - as discussed here , they permit cattle to eat from all sides . Animals eat only from one side , so the fence-line bunk must be twice as long as the mechanical bunk . Related terms region south_side east_side hand west_side bedside blind_side shipside north_side dockside |
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[ noun ] one of two or more contesting groups (in games or war or politics)
Examples "the Confederate side was prepared to attack" Used in print ("Editorials"...)And now , of_course , the hue_and_cry for counter escalation is being raised on our side . A compromise will leave both sides without the glow of triumph , but it will save Berlin . Whether the compromises - on both sides - that made_possible the interim appointment can then be repeated remains to be seen . (Chicago Daily Tribune...)Oneupmanship is practiced by both sides in a total war . (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)To say this , of_course , is to take_up a position on one side of a controversy going_on now for some two hundred years , or , at_any_rate , since the beginning of the distinctively modern period in theological thought . |
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[ noun ] (anatomy) either the left or right half of a body (human or animal)
Examples "he had a pain in his side" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)He got hit from the blind side by the split_end coming_back on the second play of the game . (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)Ed_Donnelly is still bothered by a side injury and will miss his starting turn . (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)Shot near the heart , he turned to one side and plunged for a door to another room several feet away , three bullets following him . (Francis Pollini, Night....)Biggest thorn in my side of the whole fucken squad . (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)He stood very still , his arms at his sides , staring up at the heavens , then down at the blinking lights below . |
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[ noun ] a surface forming part of the outside of an object
Synonyms Examples "he examined all sides of the crystal" "dew dripped from the face of the leaf" Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)When the front knee is straight and locked , allow it to bend again until you feel the bar come lightly into contact with the sides of the Power_Stands . (Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)In this test a * * f tape was pulled between the blocks with a motor and pulley at a rate of * * f with a clearance of 0.002 '' on each side of the tape . (Ross E. McKinney and Howard Edde, "Aerated...)The side slopes were coated with fiberglas matting coated with asphalt to prevent erosion . (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)Let the water and the blood From Thy riven side '' . |
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[ noun ] an extended outer surface of an object
Examples "he turned the box over to examine the bottom side" "they painted all four sides of the house" Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)A bullet fired by one of the Mexicans hiding in a little chicken house had passed_through his head , tearing a hole two inches square on the outgoing side . Finding it true that he was not inside , the deputies returned to the first house and tore holes through the side and the roof until they could see a body on the bed covered by a blanket . (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)He went down the hall to Eugene 's bathroom , to turn_on the hot-water_heater , and on the side of the tub he saw a pair of blue wool swimming_trunks . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)The gilt sterns of the men-of-war becoming clearer to him , the sides of the wooden sea walls alternately painted yellow and black , the bronze cannon at the ports . (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)He stalked into the water and fell heavily over the side of the flat-bottomed barge , his weight nearly swamping the craft . |
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[ adjective ] located on a side
Examples "side fences" "the side porch" Used in print (Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)The reactants for the gas phase experiments were first frozen_out in a side arm attached to the manifold and then allowed to distill slowly into the manifold of pre-cooled reaction cells before sealing_off . |
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[ noun ] an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect)
Examples "he was on the heavy side" "he is on the purchasing side of the business" "it brought out his better side" Used in print (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)On all sides doors were being slammed in his face . (Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)Marcellus , the hero , is beset from all sides by the problems of approaching manhood . They are relentlessly rebuffed on all sides by a waitress , the police , and an intruding government tutor . |
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[ adjective ] minor or subordinate; `by' is often used in combination
Examples "a side interest" "a by (or bye) effect" "only a by comment" "by-election" "bye-election" "a by-product" "by-play" Used in print (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)The bottom part of a burrow has a number of side tunnels or `` cells '' , each of which is provided with an egg plus a store of beebread . (Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)To interpret , indeed , the era from 1000 to 800 as a period mainly of consolidation may be a necessary but unfortunate defect born of our lack of detailed information ; if we could see more deeply , we probably would find many side issues and wrong turnings which came to an end within the period . (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)Suspecting an ambush , the two deputies decided to ride up a side canyon taking a short_cut into Catskill . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure
Examples "the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side" Used in print (R. P. Jerrard, "Inscribed squares in plane curves"...)On C , from the point P at **f to the point Q at **f , we construct the chord , and upon the chord as a side erect a square in such a way that as s approaches zero the square is inside C . In the neighborhood of an end_point of an interval of tangent points in the f-plane the function is two valued or no valued on one side , and is a single valued function consisting entirely of tangent points on the other side . We erect a square with PQ as a side and with free corners **f and **f adjacent to P and Q respectively . Related terms |
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[ verb ] take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for
Examples "We all rooted for the home team" "I'm pulling for the underdog" "Are you siding with the defender of the title?" Used in print (The New York Times,...)The panel 's action depends_on the return of Representative_James_W._Trimble , Democrat of Arkansas , who has been siding with Speaker_Sam_Rayburn 's forces in the Rules_Committee in moving bills to the floor . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (chemistry,food) a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food
Synonyms Used in print (Mignon G. Eberhart, The Cup, the Blade...)She took Glendora to the smokehouse , unlocked it and saw with satisfaction there was still a quantity of hams and sides of bacon , hanging from the smoke stained rafters . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a family line of descent
Examples "he gets his brains from his father's side" Used in print (Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)On his father 's side he was of German descent , on his mother 's he came of the old Swedish nobility . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (geography) an elevated geological formation
Examples "he climbed the steep slope" "the house was built on the side of the mountain" |
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