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What's The Definition Of Expand? [v] become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"; "The bag will expand when pressure is lowered" [v] exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated" [v] grow stronger; "The economy was booming" [v] expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent" [v] make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing" [v] add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" [v] extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Expand: amplify \| blow up \| boom \| dilate \| elaborate \| enlarge \| expatiate \| exposit \| expound \| extend \| flesh out \| flourish \| get ahead \| lucubrate \| prosper \| spread out \| thrive Related Terms \| Find terms related to Expand: 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 \| crescendo \| cut \| deal in generalities \| deepen \| deploy \| descant \| detail \| develop \| dilate \| dilute \| discourse \| disperse \| distend \| ecumenicize \| elaborate \| embellish \| enlarge \| enlarge upon \| enter into detail \| etherealize \| evolve \| exalt \| expatiate \| explicate \| extend \| fan \| fan out \| fatten \| fill out \| flare \| generalize \| globalize \| go into \| greaten \| grow \| heighten \| hike \| hike up \| huff \| increase \| inflate \| jack up \| jump up \| labor \| lengthen \| magnify \| make a generalization \| maximize \| mount \| multiply \| mushroom \| open \| open up \| outspread \| outstretch \| overgrow \| overrun \| parlay \| particularize \| prolong \| protract \| puff \| puff up \| pump \| pump up \| put up \| pyramid \| raise \| ramify \| rarefy \| rehearse in extenso \| relate at large \| snowball \| spell out \| splay \| spraddle \| sprangle \| sprawl \| spread \| spread like wildfire \| spread out \| stretch \| subtilize \| sufflate \| swell \| thicken \| thin \| thin out \| tumefy \| unfold \| universalize \| up \| upsurge \| vise \| water \| water down \| wax \| widen \| work out See Also \| alter \| balloon \| billow \| bush out \| change \| clarify \| clear up \| detail \| develop \| dispread \| elucidate \| enlarge \| exemplify \| grow \| grow \| illustrate \| increase \| inflate \| instance \| intumesce \| luxuriate \| particularise \| particularize \| puff up \| revive \| rise \| set forth \| specialise \| specialize \| specify \| swell \| swell up \| tumefy Expand In Webster's Dictionary \Expand"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Expanding}.] [L. expandere, expansum; ex out + pandere to spread out, to throw open; perh. akin to E. patent. Cf. {Spawn}.] 1. To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight. --Milton. 2. To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to {contract}; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence. 3. (Math.) To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See {Expansion}, 5. \Expand"\, v. i. To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy. --Dryden.

Expand Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Expand?

[v] become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"; "The bag will expand when pressure is lowered"
[v] exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"
[v] grow stronger; "The economy was booming"
[v] expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"
[v] make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing"
[v] add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
[v] extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands"

Expand In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex*pand"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expanded}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Expanding}.] [L. expandere, expansum; ex out + pandere to
spread out, to throw open; perh. akin to E. patent. Cf.
{Spawn}.]
1. To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to
   diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.

         Then with expanded wings he steers his flight.
                                               --Milton.

2. To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or
   stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of
   substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to
   distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to
   {contract}; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all
   bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence.

3. (Math.) To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to
   expand an equation. See {Expansion}, 5.


\Ex*pand"\, v. i.
To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or
enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by
heat; the heart expands with joy. --Dryden.

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