definition of
[aside]

[1] #1 aside r. on or to one side; "step aside"; "stood aside to let him pass"; "threw the book aside"; "put her sewing aside when he entered". wn

[2] #2 aside r. [away] out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away". wn

[3] #3 aside r. [apart] not taken into account or excluded from consideration; "these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all joking aside, I think you're crazy". wn

[4] #4 aside n. a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage. wn

[5] #5 aside n. [digression, excursus, divagation, parenthesis] a message that departs from the main subject. wn