widen

[ UK /wˈa‍ɪdən/ ]
[ US /ˈwaɪdən/ ]
VERB
  1. make wider
    widen the road
  2. 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
  3. make (clothes) larger
    Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight
  4. become broader or wider or more extensive
    The road widened
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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
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