SIDE

A place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

Example: "They always sat on the right side of the church"

One of two or more contesting groups

Example: "The confederate side was prepared to attack"

Either the left or right half of a body

Example: "He had a pain in his side"

A surface forming part of the outside of an object

Example: "He examined all sides of the crystal"

An extended outer surface of an object

Example: "He turned the box over to examine the bottom side"

An aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect)

Example: "He was on the heavy side"

A line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure

Example: "The hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side"

A family line of descent

Example: "He gets his brains from his father's side"

A lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food

An opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute

Example: "There are two sides to every question"

An elevated geological formation

Example: "He climbed the steep slope"

(sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist