1. A surface forming part of the outside of an object
   "he examined all sides of the crystal";
   - face
    
2. An extended outer surface of an object
   "he turned the box over to examine the bottom side"; "they painted all four sides of the house"
    
3. A place within a region identified relative to a centre or reference location
   "they always sat on the right side of the church"; "he never left my side"
    
4. Either the left or right half of a body
   "he had a pain in his side"
    
5. One of two or more contesting groups
   "the Confederate side was prepared to attack"
    
6. An aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect)
   "it brought out his better side"; "he was on the heavy side"; "he is on the purchasing side of the business"
    
7. An opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
   "there are two sides to every question";
   - position
    
8. A line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure
   "the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side"
    
9. A family line of descent
   "he gets his brains from his father's side"
    
10. A lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food
    "The butcher hung a side of meat in the cooler";
    - side of meat
     
11. A non-flat area of ground that tends upwards or downwards
    "the house was built on the side of a mountain";
    - slope, incline
     
12. (sport) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist
    "The player put side on the cue ball";
    - English [N. Amer]

1. Located on a side
   "side fences"; "the side porch"

1. Take sides for or against
   "Who are you siding with?"; "I'm siding against the current candidate"

Sounds like: sic, side

Derived forms: sided, sides, siding

See also: broadside, lateral, sidelong

Type of: align, ancestry, area, array, aspect, blood, blood line, bloodline, cut, cut of meat, descent, facet, formation, geological formation, line, line of descent, lineage, opinion, origin, parentage, part, pedigree, region, social unit, spin, stemma, stock, surface, unit, view

Antonym: bottom, top

Part of: body, elevation, natural elevation, torso, trunk

Encyclopedia: Side, Richard