expand
verb
1 expand
Extend in one or more directions:
— The dough expands.
synonym: spread out.
Roget 202: be broad etc. adj.; become broad, render broad etc. adj.; expand etc. 194; thicken, widen, calibrate.
2 expand
Become larger in size or volume or quantity.
Dutch: uitwerken, opentrekken, openzetten, vergroten, uitbreiden
3 expand
Make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity.
4 expand
5 expand
Exaggerate or make bigger.
synonyms: amplify, blow up, inflate.
Roget 194: become larger etc. (large) etc. 192; expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate†, swell, gather; ... show more
6 expand
Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing.
synonyms: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate.
Roget 322: rarefy, expand, dilate, subtilize†.
Roget 573: be diffuse etc. adj.; run out on, descant, expatiate, enlarge, dilate, amplify, expand, inflate; launch out, branch out; rant. ... show more
Dutch: uitweiden, verklaren, exponeren, uiteendoen, uiteenzetten
7 expand
Expand the influence of.
synonym: extend.
Moby thesaurus: add to, adulterate, aggrandize, amplify, attenuate, augment, balloon, beef up, bloat, blow up, bolster, boost, branch, branch out, broaden, build, build up, bulk, bulk out, complete ... show more.
expanding
Moby thesaurus: amplifying, crescendoing, crescent, developmental, dilatative, dilative, enlarging, expatiating, growing, increasing, incremental, intensifying, lengthening, multiplying, on the increase, proliferating, snowballing, spreading, swelling, tightening ... show more.
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