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abroad(dictionary)
abroad(dictionary)

abroad (iou)



abroad adverb & noun. ME.
[from A preposition1 1 + BROAD noun.]
A. adverb.
Widely, over a broad surface; widely scattered; widespread. ME.
send abroad: see SEND verb1.
Bible (AV): Romans 5:5 The loue of God is shed abroad in our hearts. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus The..wind Will blow these sands like Sibyl's leaves abroad. Longfellow Stretched abroad on the seashore.
Out of one's house or abode. ME.
Henry Miller The greatest delight..was..to walk the streets at night when no one was abroad.
In or into foreign countries; out of one's native land. LME.
W. Plomer A pleasant old buffer,..Who believed that..an umbrella might pacify barbarians abroad.
At large, freely moving about, (lit. & fig.). L15.
Ld Macaulay The suspicions which were abroad.
Confused; dazed; astray; wide of the mark. E19.
Thackeray At the twelfth round the..champion was all abroad.
b. noun.
from abroad, from another country. M19.
Somewhere outside one's homeland; foreign countries. L19.
K. Grahame Somewhere over in that beastly abroad. R. Macaulay Abroad is getting fuller.