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UK
/wˈaɪdən/
]
[ US /ˈwaɪdən/ ]
[ US /ˈwaɪdən/ ]
VERB
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make wider
widen the road -
extend in scope or range or area
widen the range of applications
Extend your backyard
The law was extended to all citizens
broaden your horizon -
make (clothes) larger
Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight -
become broader or wider or more extensive
The road widened
How To Use widen In A Sentence
- The initial lift of the bar targets the lower back and thickens the erectors, the middle part of the lift widens the barn-door lats, and the squeeze and lockout at the top emphasize the upper back.
- The river up which we came after leaving the Helmund, is fully equal to that in size; it is very rapid: the ravine is very narrow, occasionally widening into swardy spots. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
- Through their work, the fruits of biblical scholarship were disseminated to an ever-widening audience.
- But this volume considerably expands our understanding by widening the regional sphere of comparison and by taking on board issues of secrecy, cultural heritage and museology.
- To improve the ambience of the village, they cleared the wild growth and widened the roads.
- She felt her eyes widen; undirected, her hands spread over his chest as he drew her to him. THE PROMISE IN A KISS
- Like a widening conveyer belt it scraped away more and more of the hillsides and carried off the debris.
- Then, widening our focus, we looked at Lugbara witchcraft and the ancestor cult which complements and completes it.
- It was a driveway that narrowed at the road, then widened as gracefully as stemware.
- Among the projects that will be jumpstarted with this new funding are the Midtown Tunnel tube in Norfolk, the extension of HOV/HOT Lanes on I95/395 and the widening of I-66 in Northern Virginia, work on the Coalfields Expressway in Southwest Virginia, and the widening and improving of multiple sections of Route 58 in southern and western Virginia. UPDATED: Key Democratic panel approves McDonnell's transportation plan