widening : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: widening	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for widening
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
widening n an increase in width Synonym(s): widening, broadening [ant: narrowing] a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park Synonym(s): turnout, widening the act of making something wider Synonym(s): widening, broadening Antonym(s): narrowing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.