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
"The bowler delivered such a wild overhand throw that the umpire immediately signaled a wide, adding another run to our total."
"The wide was filled with sand and seaweed after the tide went out."
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"
"granted him wide powers"
not on target
"the kick was wide"
"the arrow was wide of the mark"
"a claim that was wide of the truth"
Having a large physical extent from side to side.
"The wide river made it difficult for us to find a safe place to cross."
In plain English: Wide means having a large distance from side to side.
"The road became so wide that two large trucks could drive side by side without any trouble."
Usage: Use "wide" to describe objects or spaces that have a great distance between opposite sides, such as a wide river or a wide doorway. It is often confused with the adverbial form "widely," which describes how an action occurs rather than physical dimensions.
extensively
"The detective investigated the case widely, interviewing dozens of witnesses across multiple states to uncover new clues."
In plain English: You do something widely when you spread it out over a large area or many different places.
"The search was too wide to find anything useful."
The word "wide" comes from the Old English wīd, which originally meant vast, broad, or distant. Its roots trace back to a Proto-Indo-European concept involving division and separation, suggesting an ancient sense of things being spread apart.