Definition of expand

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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..

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Distend :: Distend (v. i.) To become expanded or inflated; to swell.
Disk :: Disk (n.) A part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under, or around, or even on top of, the pistil..
Tournure :: Tournure (n.) Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle.
Full-blown :: Full-blown (a.) Fully expanded, as a blossom; as, a full-bloun rose..
Unfurl :: Unfurl (v. t. & i.) To loose from a furled state; to unfold; to expand; to open or spread; as, to unfurl sails; to unfurl a flag..
Evergreen :: Evergreen (a.) Remaining unwithered through the winter, or retaining unwithered leaves until the leaves of the next year are expanded, as pines cedars, hemlocks, and the like..
Extensive :: Extensive (a.) Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm; an extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations; extensive benevolence; extensive greatness..
Spread :: Spread (v. t.) To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth only; to stretch or expand to a broad or broader surface or extent; to open; to unfurl; as, to spread a carpet; to spread a tent or a sail..
Balloon :: Balloon (v. i.) To expand, or puff out, like a balloon..
Bell-mouthed :: Bell-mouthed (a.) Expanding at the mouth; as, a bell-mouthed gun..
Dilater :: Dilater (n.) One who, or that which, dilates, expands, o r enlarges..
Larynx :: Larynx (n.) The expanded upper end of the windpipe or trachea, connected with the hyoid bone or cartilage. It contains the vocal cords, which produce the voice by their vibrations, when they are stretched and a current of air passes between them. The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening, the glottis, which, in mammals, is protected by a lidlike epiglottis..
Displayed :: Displayed (a.) With wings expanded; -- said of a bird of pray, esp. an eagle..
Expansive :: Expansive (a.) Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air..
Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings..
Educate :: Educate (v. t.) To bring /// or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the mental activities or senses; to expand, strengthen, and discipline, as the mind, a faculty, etc.,; to form and regulate the principles and character of; to prepare and fit for any calling or business by systematic instruction; to cultivate; to train; to instruct; as, to educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste..
Expand :: Expand (v. t.) To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves..
Sheet :: Sheet (v. t.) In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies..
Dilated :: Dilated (a.) Expanded; enlarged.
Greaten :: Greaten (v. t.) To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand.
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