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lateral

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Adjective

lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body
- lateral lemniscus

situated at or extending to the side
- the lateral branches of a tree
- shot out sidelong boughs- Tennyson

Noun

a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer

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Synonyms:
sidelong lateral pass

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "lateral":
lateral literal littoral laterally latterly literally litoral
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