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1. side - noun

· 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"

Hypernym(s): region, part




2. side - noun

· one of two or more contesting groups; "the Confederate side was prepared to attack"

Hypernym(s): unit, social_unit




3. side - noun

· either the left or right half of a body; "he had a pain in his side"

Hypernym(s): area, region




4. side - noun

· 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"; "they travelled across the face of the continent"

Synonym(s): face

Hypernym(s): surface




5. side - noun

· 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"

Hypernym(s): surface




6. side - noun

· 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"

Hypernym(s): aspect, facet




7. side - noun

· a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure; "the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side"

Hypernym(s): line




8. side - noun

· a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side"

Hypernym(s): lineage, line, line_of_descent, descent, bloodline, blood_line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock




9. side - noun

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

Synonym(s): side_of_meat

Hypernym(s): cut, cut_of_meat




10. side - noun

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

Synonym(s): position

Hypernym(s): opinion, view




11. side - noun

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

Synonym(s): slope, incline

Hypernym(s): geological_formation, formation




12. side - noun

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

Synonym(s): English

Hypernym(s): spin




13. side - verb

· take sides for or against; "Who are you siding with?"; "I'm siding against the current candidate"

Hypernym(s): align, array




14. side - adjective

· located on a side; "side fences"; "the side porch"

Antonym(s): top, bottom





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