side

(countable, uncountable)A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.

A square has four sides.

(countable, uncountable)A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.

A cube has six sides.

(countable, uncountable)One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.

Which side of the tray shall I put it on?  The patient was bleeding on the right side.

(countable, uncountable)A region in a specified position with respect to something.

Meet me on the north side of the monument.

(countable, uncountable)The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back.

Meronyms: flank, loin; latus, lumbus

I generally sleep on my side.

Roll the patient onto the left side so that head, shoulders, and torso move at the same time without twisting.

(countable, uncountable)One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)

John wrote 15 sides for his essay!

(countable, uncountable)One possible aspect of a concept, person, or thing.

Look on the bright side.

She has a mean side (to her).

(countable, uncountable)One set of competitors in a game.

Which side has kick-off?

(Australia, Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable)A sports team.

(countable, uncountable)A group of morris dancers who perform together.

(countable, uncountable)A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.

there are two sides to every question

Although there are two sides to every story, the fallacy that they are inevitably equally ethical is called bothsidesism.

In the Second World War, the Italians were on the side of the Germans until Italy switched sides in 1943.

"Creating artificial rain over the Yellow Sea would help the Chinese side too," the spokesman said Kim told the meeting.

(countable, uncountable)(music) A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz.

(countable, uncountable)(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) Sidespin; english

He had to put a bit of side on to hit the pink ball.

(Australia, British, Ireland, countable, dated, uncountable)A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched (from when there were only two channels).

I just want to see what's on the other side — James said there was a good film on tonight.

(Canada, Philippines, US, colloquial, countable, uncountable)A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.

Do you want a side of cole-slaw with that?

(countable, uncountable)A line of descent traced through a particular relative, usually a parent or spouse, as distinguished from that traced through another.

his mother's side of the family

(countable, uncountable)(baseball) The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher.

Clayton Kershaw struck out the side in the 6th inning.

(dated, slang, uncountable)An unjustified air of self-importance; a conceited attitude.

(countable, uncountable)(drama) A written monologue or part of a scene to be read by an actor at an audition.

(countable, uncountable)(LGBTQ slang) A person who prefers not to engage in anal sex during same-sex sexual activity.

My boyfriend and I are both sides; we prefer to do oral and other stuff.

(countable, obsolete, uncountable)(mathematics, obsolete) A root.

Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.

Indirect; oblique; incidental.

a side issue; a side view or remark

(Northern England, Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal)(UK archaic, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching.

(Scotland)Far; distant.

(intransitive)To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"

Which will you side with, good or evil?

To lean on one side.

(obsolete, transitive)To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.

(obsolete, transitive)To suit; to pair; to match.

1660-1667, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon He had ure read more , and carried more about him , in his excellent Memory , than any Man I ever knew , my Lord Falkland only excepted , who I think ided him

(transitive)(transitive, shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.

(transitive)To furnish with a siding.

to side a house

(transitive)(transitive, cooking) To provide with, as a side or accompaniment.

To clear, tidy or sort.

(UK, dialectal)(UK dialectal) Widely; wide; far.