- Widen
- Widen Wid"en, v. i.
To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.
[1913 Webster]
Arches widen, and long aisles extend. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Widen
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widen — [v] open up add to, augment, broaden, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, grow larger, increase, multiply, open, open out, open wide, ream, spread, spread out, stretch, swell, unfold; concepts 236,245,780 Ant. cramp, narrow, restrict … New thesaurus
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widen — [wīd′ n] vt., vi. to make or become wide or wider … English World dictionary
