Adverb
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""pushed all doubts away"3. not taken into account or excluded from consideration;
"these problems apart, the country is doing well""all joking aside, I think you're crazy"4. in a different direction;
"turn aside""turn away one's face""glanced away"5. placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose;
"had a feeling of being set apart""quality sets it apart""a day set aside for relaxing"6. in reserve; not for immediate use;
"started setting aside money to buy a car""put something by for her old age""has a nestegg tucked away for a rainy day"