Widen

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Widen \Wid"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Widened}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Widening}.]
     To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the
     width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a
     stocking.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Widen \Wid"en\, v. i.
     To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.
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           Arches widen, and long aisles extend.    --Pope.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  widen
       v 1: become broader or wider or more extensive; "The road
            widened" [ant: {narrow}]
       2: make (clothes) larger; "Let out that dress--I gained a lot
          of weight" [syn: {let out}] [ant: {take in}]
       3: make wider; "widen the road"
       4: extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to
          all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden
          your horizon"; "Extend your backyard" [syn: {broaden}, {extend}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  88 Moby Thesaurus words for "widen":
     accrue, accumulate, add to, advance, aggrandize, amplify,
     appreciate, augment, balloon, bloat, blow up, boom, branch,
     branch out, breed, broaden, build, build up, bulk, bulk out,
     crescendo, deal in generalities, deepen, deploy, develop, dilate,
     disperse, distend, ecumenicize, enlarge, expand, extend, fan,
     fan out, fill out, flare, gain, gain strength, generalize,
     get ahead, globalize, go up, greaten, grow, hike, hike up, huff,
     increase, inflate, intensify, magnify, make a generalization,
     mount, multiply, open, open up, outspread, outstretch, overgrow,
     overrun, proliferate, puff, puff up, pump, pump up, raise, ramify,
     rarefy, rise, run up, shoot up, snowball, splay, spraddle,
     sprangle, sprawl, spread, spread like wildfire, spread out,
     strengthen, stretch, sufflate, swell, tumefy, unfold, universalize,
     up, wax