The fox roams far abroad. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode; as, to walk abroad. [ 1913 Webster ]

I went to St. James', where another was preaching in the court abroad. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as, we have broils at home and enemies abroad. “Another prince . . . was living abroad.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely. [ 1913 Webster ]

He went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter. Mark i. 45. [ 1913 Webster ]

To be abroad. (a) To be wide of the mark; to be at fault; as, you are all abroad in your guess. (b) To be at a loss or nonplused. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen. [ Local, Eng. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A woman, especially one who is sexually promiscuous; -- usually considered offensive. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

2. Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full. “Broad and open day.” Bp. Porteus. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; -- applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive. [ 1913 Webster ]

A broad mixture of falsehood. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hence: - [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged. [ 1913 Webster ]

The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case. D. Daggett. [ 1913 Webster ]

In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way. E. Everett. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Free; unrestrained; unconfined. [ 1913 Webster ]

As broad and general as the casing air. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Fine Arts) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide, large, etc.; as, broad-chested, broad-shouldered, broad-spreading, broad-winged. [ 1913 Webster ]

Broad acres. See under Acre. --
Broad arrow, originally a pheon. See Pheon, and Broad arrow under Arrow. --
As broad as long, having the length equal to the breadth; hence, the same one way as another; coming to the same result by different ways or processes. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others, or bring others down to them. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

Broad pennant. See under Pennant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Wide; large; ample; expanded; spacious; roomy; extensive; vast; comprehensive; liberal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An ax with a broad edge, for hewing timber. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The shoveler. See Shoveler. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A member of the society of Friends; a Quaker. [ Sportive ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A broad-brimmed flat silver plate. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. an act of broadcasting; specifically, a program in which sounds or images are transmitted in all directions from a radio or television station; -- usually referring to a scheduled program on a commercial or public service radio or television station, using the normal radio frequencies for those media, in contrast to a radiotelephone conversation, which may also be transmitted in all directions, but is intended for receipt by a base station in the telephone network. [ PJC ]

2. Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); -- opposed to planting in hills, or rows. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. to transmit (sounds, images, or other signals) in all directions from a radio or television station. [ PJC ]

3. to disseminate (information, a speech, an advertisement, etc.) from a radio or television station. [ PJC ]

4. to spread (information, news, gossip) widely by any means. [ PJC ]

2. a mechanical device for scattering something (seed, fertilizer, sand, salt, etc.) in all directions.
Syn. -- spreader. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. taking part in a radio or tv program. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Side by side with these various shades of High and Low Church, another party of a different character has always existed in the Church of England. It is called by different names: Moderate, Catholic, or Broad Church, by its friends; Latitudinarian or Indifferent, by its enemies. Its distinctive character is the desire of comprehension. Its watch words are charity and toleration. Conybeare. [ 1913 Webster ]

The broadening sun appears. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from one's own. Opposite of narrow-minded. [ Narrower terms: free-thinking, latitudinarian, undogmatic, undogmatical ]
Syn. -- broadminded, broad, liberal, tolerant, open-minded, open. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Thy presence broadseals our delights for pure. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship, at the same time. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A volley of abuse or denunciation. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Print.) A sheet of paper containing one large page, or printed on one side only; -- called also broadsheet. [ 1913 Webster ]

I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; the lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur.
Syn. -- caracul, karakul. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the theater district of Manhattan, located near Times Square. [ PJC ]

The loss of Shrewsbury exposed all North Wales to the daily inroads of the enemy. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

With perpetual inroads to alarm,
Though inaccessible, his fatal throne. Milton.

Syn. -- Invasion; incursion; irruption. See Invasion. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Saracens . . . conquered Spain, inroaded Aquitaine. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]