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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Aside

	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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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Aside

	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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Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
Aside

	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]

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Aside

	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

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