aside
aside is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king. Shak. The flames were blown aside. Dryden.
- 2.Out of one's thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy thoughts. "Lay aside every weight." Heb. xii.
- 3.3. So as to be heard by others; privately. Then lords and ladies spake aside. Sir W. Scott. To set aside (Law), to annul or defeat the effect or operation of, by a subsequent decision of the same or of a superior tribunal; to declare of no authority; as, to set aside a verdict or a judgment.
- 4.Something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer which the other players are not supposed to hear.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abandon
- abandonment
- ablegate
- about
- abreast
- abstain
- abstinence
- accost
- address
- allocution
- alloquy
- alone
- alongside
- aloud
- and
- apart
- apostrophe
- apostrophize
- appeal
- audience
- away
- back
- bad
- ball
- banish
- banishment
- bar
- bating
- beam
- behind
- beside
- bilateral
- blackball
- break
- broadside
- button
- call
- cancel
- cart
- cast
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is aside.
- What is but soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king. Shak. The flames were blown aside. Dryden called?
- What is out of one's thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy thoughts. "Lay aside every weight." Heb. xii called?
- What is something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer which the other players are not supposed to hear called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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