Dictionary entry details
• WIDEN (verb)
Meaning:
Become broader or wider or more extensive
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
The road widened
Hypernyms (to "widen" is one way to...):
increase (become bigger or greater in amount)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "widen"):
flare; flare out (become flared and widen, usually at one end)
dilate; distend (become wider)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Antonym:
narrow (make or become more narrow or restricted)
Meaning:
Make (clothes) larger
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
widen; let out
Context example:
Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight
Hypernyms (to "widen" is one way to...):
alter; change; vary (make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make wider
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
widen the road
Hypernyms (to "widen" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Cause:
widen (become broader or wider or more extensive)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "widen"):
white out (widen the interlinear spacing by inserting leads)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Extend in scope or range or area
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
extend; broaden; widen
Context examples:
The law was extended to all citizens / widen the range of applications / broaden your horizon / Extend your backyard
Hypernyms (to "widen" is one way to...):
increase (make bigger or more)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "widen"):
broaden (make broader)
territorialise; territorialize (extend by adding territory)
globalise; globalize (make world-wide in scope or application)
stretch (extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
