'Widen' definitions:

Definition of 'widen'

From: WordNet

verb

Become broader or wider or more extensive; "The road widened" [ant: contract, narrow]

verb

Make (clothes) larger; "Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight" [syn: let out, widen] [ant: take in]

verb

Make wider; "widen the road"

verb

Extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard" [syn: widen, broaden, extend]

Definition of 'Widen'

From: GCIDE

Widen \Wid"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Widened; p. pr. & vb. n. Widening.] 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. [1913 Webster]

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

Words containing 'Widen'

Widened,
Widener,
Widening,
Widener, AR