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English Dictionary: Expand	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Expand
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
expand v extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands" [syn: expand, spread out] Antonym(s): contract, shrink become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly" make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing" grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming" Synonym(s): boom, thrive, flourish, expand exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated" Synonym(s): inflate, blow up, expand, amplify 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" Synonym(s): elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate Antonym(s): abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent" Synonym(s): extend, expand
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expand \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expand \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.