Search and compare thousands of words and phrases in American Sign Language (ASL). The largest collection online.
How to sign: having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
"wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river";
See also: comprehensive, thick
Similiar / Same: wide
How to sign: not detailed or specific
"a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread";
Similiar / Same: unspecific
How to sign: slang term for a woman
"a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch";
Categories: adult female, woman
How to sign: broad in scope or content
"across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide;
Similiar / Same: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, encompassing, panoptic, wide
How to sign: very large in expanse or scope
"a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies";
