Side has 21 different meanings across 4 categories:
Noun · Verb · Adjective · Proper Noun
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"
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"
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"
a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure
"the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side"
a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food
"After buying two sides of beef from the butcher, we had enough meat to feed the whole family for the week."
A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
"When drawing the rectangle, remember to measure exactly four inches along each side before connecting them back together."
In plain English: A side is one of two opposite parts that make up something, like the left and right halves of a room.
take sides for or against
"Who are you siding with?"
"I'm siding against the current candidate"
To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"
"She spent the afternoon side-ing her deck to get rid of all the fallen leaves and broken branches."
To clear, tidy or sort.
In plain English: To side with someone means to support their opinion or take their part in an argument.
"The new building will not side with either party in the dispute."
Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.
"The heavy curtains hung in thick, side folds that nearly reached the floor."
Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching.
In plain English: Side describes something that is not straight or centered but leans to one direction.
"The side door was left slightly ajar during the night."
Usage: Use this adjective to describe anything positioned laterally relative to an object's centerline rather than at its front or back. It is often confused with directional terms like "left" and "right," but specifically indicates a position along either side of something else.
Widely; wide; far.
"The old man stood so side that he couldn't see his own hands."
In plain English: To side with someone means to support them or take their part in an argument.
"The car pulled up to the side."
An ancient city on a small peninsula on the Mediterranean coast of Anatolia, settled by Greeks from Cyme.
"During our visit to Turkey, we spent an hour exploring the ruins of Side, where Greek columns still stand along the historic harbor."
The word "side" comes from Old English sīde, meaning "flank" or "edge." Its ultimate origin traces back to a Proto-Indo-European root related to sending or depositing something.