widen.
To become wide or wider.
Meaning & usage
To become wide or wider.
His eyes widened as her negligee fell to the floor.
To make wide or wider.
To let out clothes to a larger size.
She widened his trousers for him.
To broaden or extend in scope or range.
The police widened their enquiries.
To convert to a data type that can hold a larger number of distinct values.
Where this word comes from
PIE word *dwóh₁ From wide + -en (verbal suffix).
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