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expand - extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands" |
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contract,
shrink be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
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grow come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"
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dispread spread abroad or out; "The sun dispread its beams"
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bush out grow outward; "the plant quickly bushed out"
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expand - become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly" |
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grow come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"
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balloon,
billow,
inflate become inflated; "The sails ballooned"
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intumesce,
swell,
swell up,
tumefy,
tumesce expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
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expand - make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing" |
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enlarge make larger; "She enlarged the flower beds"
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develop expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the following form"
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blow up,
inflate make large; "blow up an image"
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