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Adverb: aside  u'sId
  1. On or to one side
    "step aside"; "stood aside to let him pass"; "threw the book aside"; "put her sewing aside when he entered"
     
  2. Out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
    "brush the objections aside";
    - away
     
  3. Not taken into account or excluded from consideration
    "all joking aside, I think you're crazy";
    - apart
     
  4. In a different direction
    "turn aside";
    - away
     
  5. Placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose
    "a day set aside for relaxing";
    - apart
     
  6. In reserve; not for immediate use
    "started setting aside money to buy a car";
    - by, away
Noun: aside  u'sId
  1. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
     
  2. A message that departs from the main subject
    - digression, excursus, divagation, parenthesis

Derived forms: asides

Type of: actor's line, content, message, speech, subject matter, substance, words

Encyclopedia: Aside