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"
either the left or right half of a body; "he had a pain in his side"
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"
an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute; "there are two sides to every question"
a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food
a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side"
one of two or more contesting groups; "the Confederate side was prepared to attack"
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"
a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure; "the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side"
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"
take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for; "We all rooted for the home team"; "I'm pulling for the underdog"; "Are you siding with the defender of the title?"
take the side of; be on the side of; "Whose side are you on?"; "Why are you taking sides with the accused?"
belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head"
befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress; "imperial palace"
relating to or associated with an empire; "imperial colony"; "the imperial gallon was standardized legally throughout the British Empire"
puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"
concerned with effect or style of writing and speaking; "a rhetorical question is one asked solely to produce an effect (especially to make an assertion) rather than to elicit a reply"
of or relating to rhetoric; "accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested"- W.A.White; "the rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation"- Lewis Mumford