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.

Edited by Andrea

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

Edited by Helen

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.

Edited by Daisy

Examples

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