side vs tile

side

noun
  • A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape. 

  • A region in a specified position with respect to something. 

  • A man who prefers not to engage in anal sex during same-sex sexual activity. 

  • One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.) 

  • A sports team. 

  • One possible aspect of a concept, person, or thing. 

  • A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face. 

  • One set of competitors in a game. 

  • A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz. 

  • A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish. 

  • A group of morris dancers who perform together. 

  • A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition. 

  • The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher. 

  • A line of descent traced through a particular parent, as distinguished from that traced through another. 

  • One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone. 

  • A written monologue or part of a scene to be read by an actor at an audition. 

  • The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back. 

  • Sidespin; english 

verb
  • To clear, tidy or sort. 

  • To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides. 

  • To furnish with a siding. 

  • To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with" 

  • To lean on one side. 

  • To provide with, as a side or accompaniment. 

adj
  • Indirect; oblique; incidental. 

  • Far; distant. 

  • Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral. 

adv
  • Widely; wide; far. 

tile

noun
  • A rectangular graphic. 

  • Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong. 

  • A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc. 

verb
  • To seal a lodge against intrusions from unauthorised people. 

  • To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated. 

  • To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface). 

  • To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique. 

  • To cover with tiles. 

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