Antonyms for sides

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sahyd

Phonetic Transcription : saɪd

Definition of sides

Origin : Old English side "flanks of a person, the long part or aspect of anything," from Proto-Germanic *sithon (cf. Old Saxon sida, Old Norse siða, Danish side, Swedish sida, Middle Dutch side, Dutch zidje, Old High German sita, German Seite), from adjective *sithas "long" (cf. Old English sid "long, broad, spacious," Old Norse siðr "long, hanging down"), from PIE root *se- "long, late" (see soiree).
Original sense preserved in countryside. Figurative sense of "position or attitude of a person or set of persons in relation to another" (cf. choosing sides) first recorded mid-13c. Meaning "one of the parties in a transaction" is from late 14c.; sense in a sporting contest or game is from 1690s. Meaning "music on one side of a phonograph record" is first attested 1936. Phrase side by side "close together and abreast" is recorded from c.1200. Side-splitting "affecting with compulsive laughter" is attested by 1825.

noun edge, exteriority of object
noun point of view
noun opposing person or view

Example sentences :

The sides of this hill he covered with a layer of bricks that the sand might not be blown away.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

It is now a mere platform, with the walls running up on two sides only.
Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home

Then wipe the meat carefully and brown it on all sides in the fat.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

All his other women are parts of her or reflections of her, as all his heroes are sides of Hamlet, or reflections of him.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

All the houses were of two stories, of which the upper was open on the sides, and used for sleeping.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

At sides masonry with recesses; in the R. centre a great doorway.
Extract from : « Apu Ollantay » by Anonymous

The tribesmen poured into the bazaar and attacked the serai on all sides.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

The bullets of the enemy made "watery flashes" on all sides.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

Then they set fire to it on all sides, laughing and shouting: 'Burn, burn, daughter of the Didi!'
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

For the first time in days I was thoroughly toasted on all sides at once.
Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson

Synonyms for sides

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