Expanded

4 definitions found

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

  expanded \expanded\ adj.
     increased in extent or size or bulk or scope. Opposite of
     {contracted}. [Narrower terms: {blown-up, enlarged};
     {dilated}; {distended, swollen}; {inflated}]
     [WordNet 1.5]
  


     2. (Printnig) wider than usual for a particular height; -- of
        printers' type. Contrasted with {condensed}.
  
     Syn: extended.
          [WordNet 1.5]

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

  Expand \Ex*pand"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expanded}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Expanding}.] [L. expandere, expansum; ex out + pandere to
     spread out, to throw open; perh. akin to E. patent. Cf.
     {Spawn}.]
     1. To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to
        diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.
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              Then with expanded wings he steers his flight.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or
        stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of
        substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to
        distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to
        {contract}; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all
        bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence.
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     3. (Math.) To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to
        expand an equation. See {Expansion}, 5.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  expanded
       adj : increased in extent or size or bulk or scope [ant: {contracted}]

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

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "expanded":
     accelerated, aggrandized, ampliate, amplified, augmented,
     beefed-up, bloated, boosted, broadened, built-up, crescendoed,
     deepened, elevated, enhanced, enlarged, extended, heightened,
     hiked, increased, inflated, intensified, jazzed up, magnified,
     multiplied, proliferated, raised, reinforced, spread, stiffened,
     strengthened, swollen, tightened, upped, widened