Widen Definition

wīdn
widened, widening, widens
verb
widened, widening, widens
To make or become wide or wider.
American Heritage
To make or become wide or wider.
Webster's New World

To let out clothes to a larger size.

She widened his trousers for him.
Wiktionary

To broaden or extend in scope or range.

The police widened their enquiries.
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Widen Sentence Examples

  • Then with great labor he began to widen the passageway.

  • He did much to widen the national church.

  • The road began to widen and after a sharp bend she came into the tiny town indicated on the map.

  • Drawn up by Melanchthon, this pronouncement was intended to widen the breach between the Lutherans and the Zwinglians, and to narrow that between the Lutherans and the Romanists; from this time it was regarded as the chief standard of the Lutheran faith.

  • South of this promontory the plain begins to widen again; on the latitude of Acre (Akka), from which this part of the plain takes its name, it is from 4 to 5 m.

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Words Starting With

WWIWID

Words Ending With

NENDEN

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