'Widen' definitions:
Definition of 'widen'
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Definition of 'Widen'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Widen'
From: GCIDE
- Widen \Wid"en\, v. i. To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend. [1913 Webster]
- Arches widen, and long aisles extend. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'widen'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accrue,
- accumulate,
- add to,
- advance,
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- appreciate,
- augment,
- balloon,
- bloat,
- blow up,
- boom,
- branch,
- branch out,
- breed,
- broaden,
- build,
- build up,
- bulk,
- bulk out,
- crescendo,
- deal in generalities,
- deepen,
- deploy,
- develop,
- dilate,
- disperse,
- distend,
- ecumenicize,
- enlarge,
- expand,
- extend,
- fan,
- fan out,
- fill out,
- flare,
- gain,
- gain strength,
- generalize,
- get ahead,
- globalize,
- go up,
- greaten,
- grow,
- hike,
- hike up,
- huff,
- increase,
- inflate,
- intensify,
- magnify,
- make a generalization,
- mount,
- multiply,
- open,
- open up,
- outspread,
- outstretch,
- overgrow,
- overrun,
- proliferate,
- puff,
- puff up,
- pump,
- pump up,
- raise,
- ramify,
- rarefy,
- rise,
- run up,
- shoot up,
- snowball,
- splay,
- spraddle,
- sprangle,
- sprawl,
- spread,
- spread like wildfire,
- spread out,
- strengthen,
- stretch,
- sufflate,
- swell,
- tumefy,
- unfold,
- universalize,
- up,
- wax