Aside | Mean of aside in English Dictionary

/əˈsaɪd/

• to or toward the side
1. He stepped aside and let her pass.
2. She drew aside the curtains. = She drew the curtains aside.
3. He threw/tossed his coat aside.
4. Please stand aside.
5. She laid/set the book aside.
6. He elbowed people aside as he moved through the crowd.
7. He took/drew her aside to speak to her privately.
8. Someone grabbed him and pulled/pushed him aside.
9. Their objections were swept/brushed aside. [=were quickly dismissed or disregarded]
10. The old methods have been cast/thrown aside [=have been abandoned] in favor of new ones.
11. Leaving/Putting aside the question of money for the moment, we need to come up with a workable schedule.
• not including (something)
1. Aside from [=apart from, except for] a few pieces of bread, the food is gone.
2. The movie has been praised by most people, aside from a few critics who have called its happy ending trite and predictable.
• in addition to (something)
1. Aside from being well written, the book is also beautifully illustrated
• Noun

• a comment spoken by a character in a play that is heard by the audience but is supposedly not heard by other characters on stage
• a comment that is spoken quietly to someone so that it cannot be heard by other people who are present
1. She made a joke about the food in a muttered/whispered aside to her husband.
• a comment or discussion that does not relate directly to the main subject being discussed
1. The book includes several lengthy asides about the personal lives of scientists involved in the project.
2. In his speech he mentioned her contributions almost as an aside, despite the fact that she was the one who came up with the idea originally.