'Widening' definitions:
Definition of 'widening'
(from WordNet)
noun
An increase in width [syn: widening, broadening] [ant: narrowing]
noun
A part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park [syn: turnout, widening]
noun
The act of making something wider [syn: widening, broadening] [ant: narrowing]
Definition of 'Widening'
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]
Synonyms of 'widening'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- access,
- accession,
- accretion,
- accrual,
- accruement,
- accumulation,
- addition,
- adjunct,
- advance,
- aggrandizement,
- ampliation,
- amplification,
- appreciation,
- ascent,
- augmentation,
- ballooning,
- bloating,
- boom,
- boost,
- broadening,
- buildup,
- crescendo,
- deployment,
- development,
- dispersion,
- edema,
- elevation,
- enlargement,
- expansion,
- extension,
- fanning out,
- flare,
- flood,
- gain,
- greatening,
- growth,
- gush,
- hike,
- hiking,
- increase,
- increment,
- inflation,
- jump,
- leap,
- magnification,
- mounting,
- multiplication,
- productiveness,
- proliferation,
- raise,
- raising,
- rise,
- snowballing,
- splay,
- spread,
- spreading,
- surge,
- swelling,
- tumescence,
- up,
- upping,
- upsurge,
- upswing,
- uptrend,
- upturn,
- waxing