A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score
You use wide to talk or ask about how much something measures from one side or edge to the other. a corridor of land 10 kilometres wide The road is only one track wide. a desk that was almost as wide as the room
If you open or spread something wide, you open or spread it as far as possible or to the fullest extent. `It was huge,' he announced, spreading his arms wide His eyes were wide in disbelief
as, a wide opening; wide prices, where the prices bid and asked differ by several points
To a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent; as, his fame was spread wide