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BROADSIDE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("broadside" is a kind of...):

fire; firing (the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy)

Domain category:

naval forces; navy (an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The whole side of a vessel from stem to stern

Example:

the ship was broadside to the dock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("broadside" is a kind of...):

side (an extended outer surface of an object)

Derivation:

broadside (collide with the broad side of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

All of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("broadside" is a kind of...):

armament (weaponry used by military or naval force)

Domain category:

naval forces; navy (an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A speech of violent denunciation

Synonyms:

broadside; philippic; tirade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("broadside" is a kind of...):

denouncement; denunciation (a public act of denouncing)

declamation (vehement oratory)

Sense 5

Meaning:

An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution

Example:

he mailed the circular to all subscribers

Synonyms:

bill; broadsheet; broadside; circular; flier; flyer; handbill; throwaway

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("broadside" is a kind of...):

ad; advert; advertisement; advertising; advertizement; advertizing (a public promotion of some product or service)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "broadside"):

stuffer (an advertising circular that is enclosed with other material and (usually) sent by mail)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Toward a full side

Example:

a broadside attack

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

side (located on a side)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Collide with the broad side of

Example:

her car broad-sided mine

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "broadside" is one way to...):

collide with; hit; impinge on; run into; strike (hit against; come into sudden contact with)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

broadside (the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern)

 IV. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

With a side facing an object

Example:

the wave caught the canoe broadside and capsized it

Classified under:

Adverbs

Credits

 Context examples: 

The same broadside I lost my leg, old Pew lost his deadlights.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I was about to say that our metal was so light that I give you my word, gentlemen, that I carried my port broadside in one coat pocket, and my starboard in the other.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We all drank the toast, and all shook hands with Mr. Jack Maldon; after which he hastily took leave of the ladies who were there, and hurried to the door, where he was received, as he got into the chaise, with a tremendous broadside of cheers discharged by our boys, who had assembled on the lawn for the purpose.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

But the worst of it was that with the course I now held we turned our broadside instead of our stern to the HISPANIOLA and offered a target like a barn door.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

She turned in every direction but the one I was bound to go; the most part of the time we were broadside on, and I am very sure I never should have made the ship at all but for the tide.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)