Dictionary entry details
• EXPAND (verb)
Meaning:
Extend in one or more directions
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
expand; spread out
Context example:
The dough expands
Hypernyms (to "expand" is one way to...):
grow (become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "expand"):
dispread (spread abroad or out)
bush out (grow outward)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Antonym:
contract (become smaller or draw together)
Meaning:
Become larger in size or volume or quantity
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
his business expanded rapidly
Hypernyms (to "expand" is one way to...):
grow (become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "expand"):
balloon; billow; inflate (become inflated)
intumesce; swell; swell up; tumefy; tumesce (expand abnormally)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
expand the house by adding another wing
Hypernyms (to "expand" is one way to...):
enlarge (make larger)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "expand"):
blow up; inflate (fill with gas or air)
develop (expand in the form of a series)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Grow stronger
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
thrive; prosper; flourish; get ahead; expand; boom
Context example:
The economy was booming
Hypernyms (to "expand" is one way to...):
grow (become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "expand"):
revive (be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength)
luxuriate (thrive profusely or flourish extensively)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
The business is going to expand
Meaning:
Exaggerate or make bigger
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
inflate; amplify; expand; blow up
Context example:
The charges were inflated
Hypernyms (to "expand" is one way to...):
increase (make bigger or more)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "expand"):
puff up (make larger or distend)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
lucubrate; elaborate; expound; expatiate; flesh out; exposit; dilate; enlarge; expand
Context example:
She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
Hypernyms (to "expand" is one way to...):
clarify; clear up; elucidate (make clear and (more) comprehensible)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "expand"):
detail (provide details for)
exposit; expound; set forth (state)
exemplify; illustrate; instance (clarify by giving an example of)
particularise; particularize; specialise; specialize; specify (be specific about)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Antonym:
contract (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements)
Meaning:
Expand the influence of
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
expand; extend
Context example:
The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent
Hypernyms (to "expand" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
"You will not rise to the occasion, you will default to the level of your training" (English proverb)
"Patient without any pain, the dog is lame when it wants to" (Breton proverb)
"Never speak ill of the dead." (Arabic proverb)
"The vine says to the vintager: "Make me poor, and I will make you rich."" (Corsican proverb)
