Aside \A*side"\, adv. [Pref. a- + side.]
1. On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or
direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the
way; apart.
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Thou shalt set aside that which is full. --2 Kings
iv. 4.
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But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king.
--Shak.
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The flames were blown aside. --Dryden.
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2. Out of one's thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy
thoughts. "Lay aside every weight." --Heb. xii. 1.
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3. So as to be heard by others; privately.
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Then lords and ladies spake aside. --Sir W.
Scott.
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To set aside (Law), to annul or defeat the effect or
operation of, by a subsequent decision of the same or of a
superior tribunal; to declare of no authority; as, to set
aside a verdict or a judgment.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Aside \A*side"\, n.
Something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer
which the other players are not supposed to hear.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
aside
n 1: a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended
for others on the stage
2: a message that departs from the main subject [syn: digression,
excursus, divagation, parenthesis]
adv 1: on or to one side; "step aside"; "stood aside to let him
pass"; "threw the book aside"; "put her sewing aside
when he entered"
2: out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush
the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away" [syn: away]
3: not taken into account or excluded from consideration;
"these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all
joking aside, I think you're crazy" [syn: apart]
4: in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's
face"; "glanced away" [syn: away]
5: placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose; "had
a feeling of being set apart"; "quality sets it apart"; "a
day set aside for relaxing" [syn: apart]
6: in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside
money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age";
"has a nestegg tucked away for a rainy day" [syn: by, away]
WordNet (r) 2.0
100 Moby Thesaurus words for "aside":
a huis clos, all, apart, askance, askant, askew, aslant, aslope,
asquint, away, awry, back, behind closed doors, beside,
between the teeth, broadside, broadside on, by, crabwise,
discursion, divagation, downgrade, downhill, each, edgeway,
edgeways, edgewise, episode, excursion, excursus, glancingly,
in a whisper, in an aside, in camera, in chambers,
in executive session, in juxtaposition, in privacy, in private,
in private conference, in privy, in reserve, infix, injection,
insert, insertion, insinuation, intercalation, interjection,
interlineation, interlocution, interpolation, introduction,
januis clausis, laterad, laterally, monodrama, monologue, monology,
nearby, nigh, obiter dictum, obliquely, on its side, on one side,
on the beam, on the side, out of earshot, parenthesis, per,
per capita, privately, privily, remark, right and left, round,
side remark, sideling, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway,
sideways, sidewise, sidling, slant, slantingly, slantways,
slantwise, slaunchways, slopeways, soliloquy, solo, sotto voce,
to one side, to the side, tossing-in, wide apart, wide away,
with bated breath
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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