Definitions

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  • noun UK the left side of a road vehicle when facing in the same direction as the vehicle
  • noun astronomy the face of the Moon nearest the Earth

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the side of a vehicle nearest the kerb

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Examples

  • A person who rides the (leading) nearside (left-hand side) horse drawing a coach or carriage, esp. when one pair only is used and there is no coachman.

    Hammer Ser | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • I prefer the north as the mobility to the entire lunar nearside and farside is much greater than in the south.

    Why Some Say the Moon? - NASA Watch 2009

  • A person who rides the (leading) nearside (left-hand side) horse drawing a coach or carriage, esp. when one pair only is used and there is no coachman.

    SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 1156 2009

  • The result suggests that far-side crust was cooler and harder than that of the nearside.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Bente Lilja Bye 2009

  • It had crashed down into the wall five or six leagues to port, sagging broken spined withone half on the nearside and the other half on the far side, like a colossal maggot trying to wriggle over an obstacle.

    Alastair Reynolds, Terminal World (2010) Adam Roberts 2010

  • It had crashed down into the wall five or six leagues to port, sagging broken spined withone half on the nearside and the other half on the far side, like a colossal maggot trying to wriggle over an obstacle.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Adam Roberts 2010

  • One of the most intriguing aspects of the race was the fact that Excel Bolt came alone along the stands side rail, indicating that runners who decide to go down the nearside at this meeting may not be disadvantaged.

    Talking Horses special: Royal Ascot, day three, live! 2010

  • I flailed my arms for a hold on the stone, and by the grace of God my left hand fell on the nearside rail, and I was hanging on for dear life, my chest on the stone, my bleeding belly below the brink of the chasm, and the rest of me dangling into the void.

    Watershed 2010

  • Deker swung the wheel, scraping the nearside fender against the metal rail so that sparks flew.

    THE PROMISED WAR Thomas Greanias 2010

  • Instead, he carried on waving at his mates and giving them the rods, turning his head only at the last second to see the nearside of my car looming.

    There’s a ‘Ten Thirty One’ in The Swamp « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

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