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Page vs. Side

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Pagenoun

One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.

Sidenoun

A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.

‘A square has four sides.’;

Pagenoun

One side of a paper leaf on which one has written or printed.

Sidenoun

A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.

‘A cube has six sides.’;

Pagenoun

(figurative) Any record or writing; a collective memory.

‘the page of history’;

Sidenoun

One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.

‘Which side of the tray shall I put it on?’; ‘The patient was bleeding on the right side.’;

Pagenoun

(typesetting) The type set up for printing a page.

Sidenoun

A region in a specified position with respect to something.

‘Meet me on the north side of the monument.’;

Pagenoun

(computing) A screenful of text and possibly other content.

Sidenoun

The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back.

‘I generally sleep on my side.’;

Pagenoun

(Internet) A web page.

Sidenoun

One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)

‘John wrote 15 sides for his essay!’;

Pagenoun

(computing) A block of contiguous memory of a fixed length.

Sidenoun

One possible aspect of a concept, person or thing.

‘Look on the bright side.’;

Pagenoun

(obsolete) A serving boy – a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education.

Sidenoun

One set of competitors in a game.

‘Which side has kick-off?’;

Pagenoun

(British) A youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households.

Sidenoun

A sports team.

Pagenoun

A boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.

Sidenoun

A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.

‘In the second world war, the Italians were on the side of the Germans.’;

Pagenoun

(in libraries) The common name given to an employee whose main purpose is to replace materials that have either been checked out or otherwise moved, back to their shelves.

Sidenoun

(music) A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz.

Pagenoun

A boy child.

Sidenoun

Sidespin; english

‘He had to put a bit of side on to hit the pink ball.’;

Pagenoun

A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman’s dress from the ground.

Sidenoun

A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched (from when there were only two channels).

‘I just want to see what's on the other side — James said there was a good film on tonight.’;

Pagenoun

A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.

Sidenoun

A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.

‘Do you want a side of cole-slaw with that?’;

Pagenoun

A message sent to someone's pager.

Sidenoun

A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.

‘his mother's side of the family’;

Pagenoun

Any one of several species of colorful South American moths of the genus Urania.

Sidenoun

(baseball) The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher

Pageverb

(transitive) To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript.

Sidenoun

An unjustified air of self-importance.

Pageverb

To turn several pages of a publication.

‘The patient paged through magazines while he waited for the doctor.’;

Sideverb

(intransitive) To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"

‘Which will you side with, good or evil?’;

Pageverb

(transitive) To furnish with folios.

Sideverb

To lean on one side.

Pageverb

(transitive) To attend (someone) as a page.

Sideverb

To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.

Pageverb

To call or summon (someone).

Sideverb

To suit; to pair; to match.

Pageverb

(transitive) To contact (someone) by means of a pager or other mobile device.

‘I’ll be out all day, so page me if you need me.’;

Sideverb

To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.

Pageverb

(transitive) To call (somebody) using a public address system so as to find them.

‘An SUV parked me in. Could you please page its owner?’;

Sideverb

(transitive) To furnish with a siding.

‘to side a house’;

Pagenoun

A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in England, a youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body. Prior to 1960 only boys served as pages in the United States Congress

‘He had two pages of honor - on either hand one.’;

Sideverb

To provide with, as a side or accompaniment.

Pagenoun

A boy child.

Sideverb

To clear, tidy or sort.

Pagenoun

A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman's dress from the ground.

Sideadjective

Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.

Pagenoun

A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.

Sideadjective

Indirect; oblique; incidental.

‘a side issue; a side view or remark’;

Pagenoun

Any one of several species of beautiful South American moths of the genus Urania.

Sideadjective

Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching.

Pagenoun

One side of a leaf of a book or manuscript.

‘Such was the book from whose pages she sang.’;

Sideadjective

(Scotland) Far; distant.

Pagenoun

A record; a writing; as, the page of history.

Sideadverb

Widely; wide; far.

Pagenoun

The type set up for printing a page.

Sidenoun

The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distinguished from the shorter edges, called ends; a bounding line of a geometrical figure; as, the side of a field, of a square or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc.

Pageverb

To attend (one) as a page.

Sidenoun

Any outer portion of a thing considered apart from, and yet in relation to, the rest; as, the upper side of a sphere; also, any part or position viewed as opposite to or contrasted with another; as, this or that side.

‘Looking round on every side beheldA pathless desert.’;

Pageverb

To call out a person's name in a public place, so as to deliver a message, as in a hospital, restaurant, etc.

Sidenoun

One of the halves of the body, of an animals or man, on either side of the mesial plane; or that which pertains to such a half; as, a side of beef; a side of sole leather.

‘One of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side.’;

Pageverb

To call a person on a pager.

Sidenoun

A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge.

‘Along the side of yon small hill.’;

Pageverb

To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript; to furnish with folios.

Sidenoun

The position of a person or party regarded as opposed to another person or party, whether as a rival or a foe; a body of advocates or partisans; a party; hence, the interest or cause which one maintains against another; a doctrine or view opposed to another.

‘God on our side, doubt not of victory.’; ‘We have not always been of the . . . same side in politics.’; ‘Sets the passions on the side of truth.’;

Pagenoun

one side of one leaf (of a book or magasine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

Sidenoun

A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.

‘To sit upon thy father David's throne,By mother's side thy father.’;

Pagenoun

English industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962)

Sidenoun

Fig.: Aspect or part regarded as contrasted with some other; as, the bright side of poverty.

Pagenoun

United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922)

Sideadjective

Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral.

‘One mighty squadron with a side wind sped.’;

Pagenoun

a boy who is employed to run errands

Sideadjective

Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a side issue; a side view or remark.

‘The law hath no side respect to their persons.’;

Pagenoun

a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings

Sideadjective

Long; large; extensive.

‘His gown had side sleeves down to mid leg.’; ‘To insure a side-box station at half price.’;

Pagenoun

in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood

Sideverb

To lean on one side.

Pageverb

call out somebody's name over a P.A. system

Sideverb

To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, in opposition to another party; to take sides; as, to side with the ministerial party.

‘All side in parties, and begin the attack.’;

Pageverb

work as a page;

‘He is paging in Congress this summer’;

Sideverb

To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.

‘His blind eye that sided Paridell.’;

Pageverb

number the pages of a book or manuscript

Sideverb

To suit; to pair; to match.

Sideverb

To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.

Sideverb

To furnish with a siding; as, to side a house.

Sidenoun

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’;

Sidenoun

one of two or more contesting groups;

‘the Confederate side was prepared to attack’;

Sidenoun

either the left or right half of a body;

‘he had a pain in his side’;

Sidenoun

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’;

Sidenoun

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’;

Sidenoun

a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure;

‘the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side’;

Sidenoun

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’;

Sidenoun

a family line of descent;

‘he gets his brains from his father's side’;

Sidenoun

a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food

Sidenoun

an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute;

‘there are two sides to every question’;

Sidenoun

an elevated geological formation;

‘he climbed the steep slope’; ‘the house was built on the side of the mountain’;

Sidenoun

(sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist

Sideverb

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?’;

Sideverb

take the side of; be on the side of;

‘Whose side are you on?’; ‘Why are you taking sides with the accused?’;

Sideadjective

located on a side;

‘side fences’; ‘the side porch’; ‘the top shelf’;

Sideadjective

added as a consequence or supplement;

‘a side benefit’;

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