Expand
[ɪk'spænd;ek-] or [ɪk'spænd]
Definition
(verb.) become larger in size or volume or quantity; 'his business expanded rapidly'.
(verb.) extend in one or more directions; 'The dough expands'.
(verb.) make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; 'expand the house by adding another wing'.
Checker: Selma--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See Expansion, 5.
(v. i.) To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Spread, open, unfold, evolve, lay open, spread out.[2]. Dilate, distend, swell, fill out, blow up.[3]. Extend, enlarge, increase, diffuse.
v. n. [1]. Open, be unfolded, be spread out.[2]. Dilate, be distended, increase in bulk.
Typist: Ursula
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Swell, dilate, spread, extend, open, diffuse, develop, unfold, enlarge,amplify
ANT:Contract, curtail, attenuate, restrict, condense
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Definition
v.t. to spread out: to lay open: to enlarge in bulk or surface: to develop or bring out in fuller detail.—v.i. to become opened: to enlarge.—ns. Expanse′ a wide extent of space: the firmament; Expansibil′ity.—adj. Expans′ible capable of being expanded.—adv. Expans′ibly.—adj. Expans′ile capable of expansion.—n. Expan′sion act of expanding: state of being expanded: enlargement: that which is expanded: immensity: extension.—adj. Expans′ive widely extended: diffusive.—adv. Expans′ively.—ns. Expans′iveness; Expansiv′ity.
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Examples
- Heat, in general, causes substances to expand or become less dense. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Christian drew a deep breath without letting it expand his body, and Humphrey said, Where has it been seen? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The field of battle continued to expand until it embraced about seven miles of ground. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- All gases, if not confined, expand when heated and contract as they cool. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It was as if some hard icy pressure had melted, and her consciousness had room to expand: her past was come back to her with larger interpretation. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- For example, if 100 pints of ice water is heated in a kettle, the 100 pints will steadily expand until, at the boiling point, it will occupy as much space as 104 pints of ice water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It is a law of nature that all simple metals expand under the influence of heat and therefore contract when affected by cold. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Sloppy had gradually expanded with his description into a stare and a vacant grin. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Yorke, she rose, she grew tall, she expanded and refined almost to flame. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- If this extra cool air is used for cooling another batch of air under pressure, the latter upon expansion becomes still colder than the first batch expanded. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- At one time we employed several thousand men; and since then the works have been greatly expanded. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He stood before her, his hands in his pockets, his chest sturdily expanded under its vivid waistcoat. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Bernouilli, Genevois, and the Marquis de Jouffroy used paddles on the duck’s foot principle, which closed when dragged forward, and expanded when pushed to the rear. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But the upper air may be more condensed by cold than the lower air by pressure; the lower more expanded by heat than the upper for want of pressure. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- By the year 1880 the standard form of marine engine for large powers had become the compound double cylinder type, expanding steam from an initial pressure as high as 90 pounds. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Nothing's the matter, Sir,' replied the boy, expanding his mouth to the whole breadth of his countenance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In the new world of invention mind has breathed into matter, and a new and expanding creation unfolds itself. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- As for Rosamond, she was in the water-lily's expanding wonderment at its own fuller life, and she too was spinning industriously at the mutual web. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- A vulcanite or other strip is easily affected by differences of temperature, expanding and contracting by reason of the minutest changes. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- And it was an empire still vigorously expanding. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is not subject to the refining and expanding influences of the more accurate and comprehensive material of direct instruction. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- One of these is an imitation of the duck's foot, which expands when it strikes the water, and collapses when it is withdrawn. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- When the steam pressure varies in this flat tube its coil expands or contracts, and in moving the index hand over the scale indicates the degree of pressure. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- As the air is heated by the fire it expands, and is pushed up the chimney by the cold air which is constantly entering through loose windows and doors. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- As the tusk grows in length on the living elephant it also expands; but the cells grow larger and less compact as the tusk expands in circumference. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The liquid air in the interior chamber vaporizes gradually, and escaping through the outwardly opening valve at the top, expands around the air space surrounding the inner vessel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The cat expands her wicked mouth and snarls at him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Tom, Dick, and Harry are very fond of it, as it expands their lungs and quenches their thirSt But there, I am only jesting. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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