widen

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To become wide or wider.

   • His eyes widened as her negligee fell to the floor.
2. 2

   To make wide or wider.

   • The widening works include the rebuilding of the skew bridge near Northwood to take four tracks, and to enable the Rickmansworth Road to be widened to 60 ft.; […].
   • But he still saw his side produce a rousing display which owed much to their lauded prowess from set-pieces, despite Uefa regulations meaning the pitch had to be widened and, in the process, the run-up area for Delap's long throws reduced.
3. 3

   To let out clothes to a larger size.

   • She widened his trousers for him.
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   1. 4

      To broaden or extend in scope or range.

      • The police widened their enquiries.
      • Correspondent Gerardo Arreola interviewed Castro Espín for the Jan. 9, 2006, issue of La Jornada about the move to widen rights for transsexuals.
   2. 5

      To convert to a data type that can hold a larger number of distinct values.

      • to widen a short variable to an int variable
   3. 6

      A surname from Swedish.

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