aside
     n 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 [syn: {digression},
         {excursus}, {divagation}, {parenthesis}]
     adv 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" [syn: {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" [syn: {apart}]
     4: in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's
        face"; "glanced away" [syn: {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" [syn: {apart}]
     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" [syn: {by}, {away}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0