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| 1. n. (North America) A building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building. |  |
| Ugh. If there's one thing I can't stand it's cheesy vinyl siding. | |
| Whenever he hears an argument, he can't help siding with one party or the other. | |
| 2. n. (rail transport) A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for loading or unloading freight | |
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| 1. n. A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape. | |
| A square has four sides. | |
| 2. n. A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face. | |
| A cube has six sides. | |
| 3. n. 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. | |
| 4. n. A region in a specified position with respect to something. | |
| Meet me on the north side of the monument. | |
| 5. n. 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. | |
| I generally sleep on my side. | |
| 6. n. 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! | |
| 7. n. One possible aspect of a concept, person or thing. | |
| Look on the bright side. | |
| 8. n. One set of competitors in a game. | |
| Which side has kick-off? | |
| 9. n. (Australia) A sports team. | |
| 10. n. A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition. | |
| In the second world war, the Italians were on the side of the Germans. | |
| 11. n. (music) A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz. | |
| 12. n. (sports) Sidespin; english | |
| He had to put a bit of side on to hit the pink ball. | |
| 13. n. (UK, Australia, Ireland, dated) 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. | |
| 14. n. (US, colloquial) A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish. | |
| Do you want a side of cole-slaw with that? | |
| 15. n. A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another. | |
| his mother's side of the family | |
| 16. n. (baseball) The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher | |
| 17. n. (slang) An unjustified air of self-importance. | |
| 18. v. (intransitive) To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with". | |
| Which will you side with, good or evil? | |
| 19. v. To lean on one side. | |
| 20. v. (transitive, obsolete) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward. | |
| 21. v. (transitive, obsolete) To suit; to pair; to match. | |
| 22. v. (transitive, shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides. | |
| 23. v. To furnish with a siding. | |
| to side a house | |
| 24. v. (transitive, cooking) To provide with, as a side or accompaniment. | |
| 25. adj. Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral. | |
| 26. adj. Indirect; oblique; incidental. | |
| a side issue; a side view or remark | |
| 27. adj. (UK archaic, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching. | |
| 28. adj. (Scotland) Far; distant. | |
| 29. adv. (UK dialectal) Widely; wide; far. | |
