side/sighed

side (sīd)

Noun

• Mathematics.  A line bounding a plane figure.
• A surface of an object, especially a surface joining a top and bottom: the four sides of a box.
• A surface of an object that extends more or less perpendicularly from an observer standing in front: the side of the ship.
• Either of the two surfaces of a flat object: the front side of a piece of paper; the two sides of a record.
• The part within an object or area to the left or right of the observer or of its vertical axis.

Adjective

• Located on a side: a side door.
• From or to one side; oblique: a side view.
• Minor; incidental: a side interest.
• In addition to the main part; supplementary: a side benefit.

Verb _{^{sid·ed, sid·ing, sides.}}

Verb. Transitive

• To provide sides or siding for: side a frame house with aluminum.
• To be positioned next to: a couch that is sided by low tables.
• To be in agreement with; support.

Verb. Intransitive

• To align oneself in a disagreement: sided with the conservatives in Congress; siding against the bill.

sighed (sīd)

Verb _{^{sighed, sigh·ing, sighs.}}

Verb. Intransitive

• To exhale audibly in a long deep breath, as in weariness or relief.
• To emit a similar sound: willows sighing in the wind.
• To feel longing or grief; yearn: sighing for their lost youth.

Verb. Transitive

• To express with or as if with an audible exhalation.