Meaning

7 senses
  1. (UK)A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.

  2. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.

  3. (UK, historical)A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.

  4. A kind of floodlight.

  5. (US, dated)A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.

    slang term for a woman

  6. (US, dated, slang)A woman or girl.

    Weib, Braut

    де́вкаdévka, ба́баbába

    ді́вкаdívka

  7. (archaic, slang)A playing card.

Examples

142 sentences
  1. He has broad shoulders.

    Він має широкі плечі. — deniko

    ruУ него широкие плечи. — dimitris

    deEr hat breite Schultern. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I'm very broad-minded.

    У мене дуже широкий кругозор. — deniko

    ruЯ человек с очень широкими взглядами. — marafon

    deIch bin sehr aufgeschlossen. — raggione

  3. I think Tom is broad-minded.

    ruДумаю, у Тома широкий кругозор. — soweli_Elepanto

  4. I think that Tom is broad-minded.

  5. The burglar broke into the post office in broad daylight.

    ruГрабитель ворвался в почтовое отделение среди бела дня. — shanghainese

    deDer Einbrecher stieg am hellichten Tage bei der Post ein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
(slang) woman or girl:
Русский
By meaning 1
(slang) woman or girl:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
(slang) woman or girl:

Origin

From Middle English brood, brode, from Old English brād (“broad, flat, open, extended, spa

From Middle English brood, brode, from Old English brād (“broad, flat, open, extended, spacious, wide, ample, copious”), from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz (“broad, wide”), of uncertain origin.

Early 20th century, apparent phono-semantic matching of German Braut (“bride”, also “girlfriend”, and more generally “broad, chick”).

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