Wide vs. Tall

Wide and Tall Definitions
Wide
Having a specified extent from side to side
A ribbon two inches wide.
Tall
Having greater than ordinary height
A tall woman.
Wide
Extending over a great distance from side to side; broad
A wide road.
A wide necktie.
Tall
Having considerable height, especially in relation to width; lofty
Tall trees.
Wide
Having great extent or range; including much or many
A wide selection.
Granting wide powers.
Wide variations.
Tall
Having a specified height
A plant three feet tall.
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Wide
Fully open or extended
Look with wide eyes.
Tall
(Informal) Fanciful or exaggerated; boastful
Tall tales of heroic exploits.
Wide
To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal
A shot that was wide of the target.
Tall
Impressively great or difficult
A tall order to fill.
Wide
(Baseball) Outside.
Tall
(Obsolete) Excellent; fine.
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Wide
(Sports) Being toward or near one of the side boundaries of a playing area, such as a sideline on a football field.
Tall
With proud bearing; straight
Stand tall.
Wide
Deviating or straying from something expected or specified
A remark that was wide of the truth.
Tall
(of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.
Being tall is an advantage in basketball.
Wide
(Linguistics) Lax.
Tall
(of a building, etc.) Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent; high.
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Wide
Over a great distance; extensively
Traveled far and wide.
Tall
(of a story) Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale.
Wide
To the full extent; completely.
Tall
Smaller than grande, usually 8 ounces (~ 230 ml).
Wide
To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal.
Tall
(obsolete) Obsequious; obedient.
Wide
(Sports) Toward or near one of the sides of a playing area
Ran wide to catch a pass.
Tall
(obsolete) Seemly; suitable; fitting, becoming, comely; attractive, handsome.
Wide
A ball bowled outside of the batsman's reach, counting as a run for the batting team in cricket.
Tall
(obsolete) Bold; brave; courageous; valiant.
Wide
Having a large physical extent from side to side.
We walked down a wide corridor.
Tall
(archaic) Fine; proper; admirable; great; excellent.
Wide
Large in scope.
The inquiry had a wide remit.
Tall
Someone or something that is tall.
Wide
(sports) Operating at the side of the playing area.
That team needs a decent wide player.
Tall
A clothing size for taller people.
Do you have this in a tall?
Wide
On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
Tall
A tall serving of a drink, especially one from Starbucks, which contains 12 ounces.
Wide
Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.
Tall
High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the height; as, a tall person, tree, or mast.
Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall.
Wide
Vast, great in extent, extensive.
The wide, lifeless expanse.
Tall
Brave; bold; courageous.
As tall a trenchermanAs e'er demolished a pye fortification.
His companions, being almost in despair of victory, were suddenly recomforted by Sir William Stanley, which came to succors with three thousand tall men.
Wide
(obsolete) Located some distance away; distant, far.
Tall
Fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant; excessive.
Wide
(obsolete) Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.
Tall
Great in vertical dimension; high in stature;
Tall people
Tall buildings
Tall trees
Tall ships
Wide
(computing) Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
A wide character; a wide stream
Tall
Lofty in style;
He engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying
Wide
Antagonistic, provocative.
Tall
Impressively difficult;
A tall order
Wide
Extensively
He travelled far and wide.
Tall
Too improbable to admit of belief;
A tall story
Wide
Completely
He was wide awake.
Wide
Away from or to one side of a given goal
The arrow fell wide of the mark.
A few shots were fired but they all went wide.
Wide
So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.
Wide
(cricket) A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score
Wide
Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow; broad; as, wide cloth; a wide table; a wide highway; a wide bed; a wide hall or entry.
The chambers and the stables weren wyde.
Wide is the gate . . . that leadeth to destruction.
Wide
Having a great extent every way; extended; spacious; broad; vast; extensive; as, a wide plain; the wide ocean; a wide difference.
For sceptered cynics earth were far too wide a den.
When the wide bloom, on earth that lies,Seems of a brighter world than ours.
Wide
Of large scope; comprehensive; liberal; broad; as, wide views; a wide understanding.
Men of strongest head and widest culture.
Wide
Of a certain measure between the sides; measuring in a direction at right angles to that of length; as, a table three feet wide.
Wide
Remote; distant; far.
The contrary being so wide from the truth of Scripture and the attributes of God.
Wide
Far from truth, from propriety, from necessity, or the like.
It is far wide that the people have such judgments.
How wide is all this long pretense !
Wide
On one side or the other of the mark; too far side-wise from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
Surely he shoots wide on the bow hand.
I was but two bows wide.
Wide
Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the mouth organs; - opposed to primary as used by Mr. Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr. Sweet. The effect, as explained by Mr. Bell, is due to the relaxation or tension of the pharynx; as explained by Mr. Sweet and others, it is due to the action of the tongue. The wide of ē (ēve) is ĭ (ĭll); of ā (āte) is ĕ (ĕnd), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, 13-15.
Wide
Having or showing a wide difference between the highest and lowest price, amount of supply, etc.; as, a wide opening; wide prices, where the prices bid and asked differ by several points.
Wide
To a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent; as, his fame was spread wide.
[I] went wyde in this world, wonders to hear.
Wide
So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.
Wide
So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose; aside; astray.
Wide
That which is wide; wide space; width; extent.
Wide
That which goes wide, or to one side of the mark.
Wide
Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other;
Wide roads
A wide necktie
Wide margins
Three feet wide
A river two miles broad
Broad shoulders
A broad river
Wide
Broad in scope or content;
Across-the-board pay increases
An all-embracing definition
Blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
An invention with broad applications
A panoptic study of Soviet nationality
Granted him wide powers
Wide
(used of eyes) fully open or extended;
Listened in round-eyed wonder
Stared with wide eyes
Wide
Very large in expanse or scope;
A broad lawn
The wide plains
A spacious view
Spacious skies
Wide
Great in degree;
Won by a wide margin
Wide
Great in range or scope;
An extended vocabulary
Surgeons with extended experience
Extensive examples of picture writing
Suffered extensive damage
A wide selection
Wide
Having ample fabric;
The current taste for wide trousers
A full skirt
Wide
Not on target;
The kick was wide
The arrow was wide of the mark
A claim that was wide of the truth
Wide
With or by a broad space;
Stand with legs wide apart
Ran wide around left end
Wide
To the fullest extent possible;
Open your eyes wide
With the throttle wide open
Wide
Far from the intended target;
The arrow went wide of the mark
A bullet went astray and killed a bystander
Wide
To or over a great extent or range; far;
Wandered wide through many lands
He traveled widely