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widen 音标拼音: [w'ɑɪdən] vt. 弄宽,加宽,扩大
vi. 变宽,扩大 弄宽,加宽,扩大变宽,扩大 widen v 1: become broader or wider or more extensive; " The road widened" [ ant: { contract}, { narrow}] 2: make ( clothes) larger; " Let out that dress-- I gained a lot of weight" [ synonym: { let out}, { widen}] [ ant: { take in}] 3: make wider; " widen the road" 4: 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" [ synonym: { widen}, { broaden}, { extend}] 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]
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] 88 Moby Thesaurus words for " widen": 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
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