'Expanded' definitions:
Definition of 'expanded'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Increased in extent or size or bulk or scope [ant: contracted]
Definition of 'Expanded'
From: GCIDE
- Expand \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. [1913 Webster]
- Then with expanded wings he steers his flight. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Math.) To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See Expansion, 5. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'expanded'
From: GCIDE
- expanded \expanded\ adj. increased in extent or size or bulk or scope. Opposite of contracted. [Narrower terms: blown-up, enlarged; dilated; distended, swollen; inflated] [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. (Printnig) wider than usual for a particular height; -- of printers' type. Contrasted with condensed.
- Syn: extended. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'expanded'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accelerated,
- aggrandized,
- ampliate,
- amplified,
- augmented,
- beefed-up,
- bloated,
- boosted,
- broadened,
- built-up,
- crescendoed,
- deepened,
- elevated,
- enhanced,
- enlarged,
- extended,
- heightened,
- hiked,
- increased,
- inflated,
- intensified,
- jazzed up,
- magnified,
- multiplied,
- proliferated,
- raised,
- reinforced,
- spread,
- stiffened,
- strengthened,
- swollen,
- tightened,
- upped,
- widened