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Meaning of side

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  side
      adj 1: located on a side; "side fences"; "the side porch" [ant:
             {bottom(a)}, {top(a)}]
      n 1: a place within a region identified relative to a center or
           reference location; "they always sat on the right side of
           the church"; "he never left my side"
      2: one of two or more contesting groups; "the Confederate side
         was prepared to attack"
      3: either the left or right half of a body; "he had a pain in
         his side"
      4: a surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he
         examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the
         face of the leaf" [syn: {side}, {face}]
      5: 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"
      6: an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied
         aspect); "he was on the heavy side"; "he is on the purchasing
         side of the business"; "it brought out his better side"
      7: a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane
         figure; "the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the
         longest side"
      8: a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his
         father's side"
      9: a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for
         food [syn: {side}, {side of meat}]
      10: an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an
          argument or dispute; "there are two sides to every question"
          [syn: {side}, {position}]
      11: an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep
          slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain"
          [syn: {slope}, {incline}, {side}]
      12: (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side
          or releasing it with a sharp twist [syn: {English}, {side}]
      v 1: take sides for or against; "Who are you widing with?"; "I"m
           siding against the current candidate"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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