breit

A. Adj.

• 1 wide; broad, wide [hips, face, shoulders, forehead, etc.] etw. breiter machen = widen sth. die Beine breit machen = open one's legs ein 5 cm breiter Saum = a hem 5 cm wide Definition of wide in the British & World English dictionary Definition of wide in the US English dictionary Translate wide | into French | into Italian | into Spanish

• 2 (groß) die breite Masse = the general public

• 3sich breit machen = take up room; (sich ausbreiten) = be spreading

B. adv.

• breit gebaut = sturdily built