wides
- 1Plural of wide.
The umpire signaled three wides in a single over.
His wayward deliveries produced a string of wides down the leg side.
Note
A cricket plural, and only the noun has one: the adjective wide, describing breadth or scope, never takes an -s. The singular names the stray ball, the umpire's arm signal and the extra run alike. So wides can count either the deliveries or the runs they add to the batting side's total, as in bowled three wides or conceded five wides. The surrounding words usually show which is meant.
wides is a form of wide
wide, noun: In cricket, a delivery passing too far from the batter to be playable; also the umpire's signal for it and the extra run it adds to the score. Full entry
- Forms
- widewides plural
- Spelling
- wide → wides: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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