I. əˈbrȯd adverb (or adjective)
Etymology: Middle English abrood, from a- (I) + brood broad
1. : over a wide area : at large
a tree spreading its branches abroad
: widely apart
flinging his arms wildly abroad — Nathaniel Hawthorne
2. : out of the house : away from one's home
walk abroad after lunch
: in circulation or movement from place to place : on the street or public ways : here and there
at this hour the few people abroad go quickly on their ways
the enemy is abroad in the land
: out in the open
insects awakened from torpor and abroad in the spring sun — Walter Pater
3. : beyond the boundaries of a country
travel abroad in many lands
: in or to foreign countries
a university well known abroad
4. : in circulation throughout society or the world
the idea has got abroad
: in evidence : about
plenty of enthusiasm abroad
5. : wide of the mark : astray : in confusion
I'm much abroad in my ciphering — Francis Hoover
6. : contested elsewhere than on the home grounds
the team wears a different uniform for games abroad
II. preposition
: throughout , over
and then abroad the world he goes — Emily Dickinson