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  1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. become broader or wider or more extensive Source: wordnet
  4. 4. v. make (clothes) larger Source: wordnet
  5. 5. v. make wider Source: wordnet
  6. 6. v. extend in scope or range or area Source: wordnet
  7. 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. Source: webster
  8. 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. Source: adambom
  9. 9. v:100 v. become broader or wider or more extensive v. make wider v. extend in scope or range or area Source: ecdict

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