side

Verb

• take sides for or against
  • Who are you widing with?
    
  • Im siding against the current candidate
    

Adjective

• located on a side
  • side fences
    
  • the side porch
    

Noun

• (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist

• an elevated geological formation
  • he climbed the steep slope
    
  • the house was built on the side of a mountain
    

• an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
  • there are two sides to every question
    

• a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food

• a family line of descent
  • he gets his brains from his father's side
    

• a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure
  • the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest 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
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• either the left or right half of a body
  • he had a pain in his side
    

• one of two or more contesting groups
  • the Confederate side was prepared to attack
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  side(a) , English , slope , incline , position , side of meat , face
• Antonyms: 
  top(a) , bottom(a)