wide/why'd

wide (wīd)

Adjective. , _{^{wid·er, wid·est.}}

• Having a specified extent from side to side: a ribbon two inches wide.
• Having great extent or range; including much or many: a wide selection; granting wide powers; wide variations.
• Fully open or extended: look with wide eyes.
• To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal: a shot that was wide of the target.
• Deviating or straying from something expected or specified: a remark that was wide of the truth.

Adverb., wider, widest.

• Over a great distance; extensively: travelled far and wide.
• To the full extent; completely.
• To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal.
• Sports. Toward or near one of the sides of a playing area: ran wide to catch a pass.

Noun

• Sports. A ball bowled outside of the batsman's reach, counting as a run for the batting team in cricket.

why'd (wīd)

• Used to inquire about the reason why something was done.