Meaning & Definition of Side in English

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"

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

10. An opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute

• "There are two sides to every question"

11. An elevated geological formation

• "He climbed the steep slope"

• "The house was built on the side of a mountain"

12. (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist

1. Take sides for or against

• "Who are you widing with?"

• "I"m siding against the current candidate"

1. Located on a side

• "Side fences"

• "The side porch"