Definition of: broad

(brôd) adjective
1. Extended in lateral measurement; of unusual width; wide; expanded; vast.
2. Of wide range, sympathy, etc.
3. Widely diffused; comprehensive: a broad education.
4. Catholic; liberal; tolerant: broad views.
5. Strongly dialectal; also, rude and vigorous, as speech.
6. Strongly defined; plain; clear: a broad hint.
7. Loose; indelicate; bold.
8. Denoting the chief features of a thing; not detailed: a broad outline.
9. Phonet. Formed with the oral passage wide open and the tongue low and flat, as the a in calm; open. See synonyms under LARGE.
—noun
1. The broad part of anything.
2. A former English gold coin; a broadpiece.
3. A type of incandescent flood lamp used on motion–picture sets; a broadside.
4. The broadening out of a river over flat land; a fenny lake.
5. Slang A woman or girl.
—adverb Completely; fully. [OE brād]
—broad′ly adverb