Thesaurus: widen

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1. v. t. To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking.
2. v. i. To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.
3. v. become broader or wider or more extensive
4. v. make (clothes) larger
5. v. make wider
6. v. extend in scope or range or area
7. To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking. To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend. Arches widen, and long aisles extend. Pope.
8. To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase thewidth of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen astocking.
9. v:100 v. become broader or wider or more extensive v. make wider v. extend in scope or range or area