sided

[ sahy-did ]

adjective

1. having a specified number or kind of sides side (often used in combination):

   five-sided; plastic-sided.

-sided

adjective

1. in combination having a side or sides as specified

   many-sided

   three-sided

Other Words From

• un·sided adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sided¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; side ¹, -ed ³

Example Sentences

Second, one bluestone at Stonehenge features an unusual, five-sided cross section at its base that matches the shape and dimensions of an unearthed Waun Mawn stone hole.

From Science News

Those fragments then arrange themselves into the six-sided ring structures characteristic of alkylaromatic compounds.

From Science News

The Browns’ 48-37 first-round playoff victory over the Steelers both redefined how poorly an NFL can play for a quarter and transposed the history of a one-sided rivalry.

From Washington Post

The 2018 semifinal and 2012 national championship game were inarguably one-sided.

From FiveThirtyEight

You can set one up in less than an hour with a variety of materials and the basic, one-sided design will give you a haven from some of the wind and rain the wilderness might throw at you.

From Popular-Science

Preheat oven to 375°F. Heat the vegetable oil in a large, high-sided cast iron skillet.

From The Daily Beast

Finally, America will have to accept Bill Cosby as a many-sided man, rather than a much-loved pop-culture caricature.

From The Daily Beast

I find both “admirer” and “suitor” to be presumptuous and one-sided.

From The Daily Beast

All that seemed clear was the injustice of a man carrying scars from two sides of an increasingly multi-sided war.

From The Daily Beast

On the Syria vote he sided with Sen. Paul, who opposed intervention.

From The Daily Beast

A one-sided view of the Memory proclaims that if vivid First Impressions are made in all cases, that is enough.

From Project Gutenberg

Now, unless the interlocutor adopts the same method and declares what he would do, conversation is apt to become one-sided.

From Project Gutenberg

Nothing is more frequent than a one-sided contract, in which one party has gained far more than the other.

From Project Gutenberg

Marshal Marmont has been called one of Napoleon's failures, but this criticism is one-sided and unjust.

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The belly and lower surface of the tail are covered with large six-sided scales, like the other genera of the family.

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