Definitions of widen [ˈwaɪd n]

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Definition of 'widen'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) widen
to make or become wide or wider; broaden.

Etymology: (1600–10)

Definition of 'widen'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) widen
become broader or wider or more extensive
"The road widened"

2. (verb) let out, widen
make (clothes) larger
"Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight"

3. (verb) widen
make wider
"widen the road"

4. (verb) widen, broaden, extend
extend in scope or range or area
"The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard"

Definition of 'widen'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) widen
≠ narrow
They're widening the road.

2. widen
to increase
attempts to widen his appeal with the voters

Definition of 'widen'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) widen
to make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking

2. (verb) widen
to grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend

Translation of 'widen'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to make, or become, wide or wider They have widened the road; The lane widens here.
Afrikaans: verwyd, wyd maak	Arabic: يُوَسِّع	Bulgarian: разширявам
Brazilian: alargar	Czech: rozšířit (se)	German: (sich) verbreitern
Danish: gøre bredere; blive brede	Greek: πλαταίνω, φαρδαίνω	Spanish: ensanchar, ampliar, exten
Estonian: laiendama, laienema	Farsi: گشاد کردن	Finnish: leventää
French: (s')élargir	Hebrew: לְהַרחִיב	Hindi: चौड़ाना
Croatian: raširiti	Hungarian: (ki)szélesít	Indonesian: melebarkan
Icelandic: víkka	Italian: allargare, allargarsi	Japanese: 広げる
Korean: 넓히다	Lithuanian: platinti, platėti	Latvian: paplatināt; paplašināt; p
Malay: menjadi lebar; melebarkan	Dutch: verwijden	Norwegian: utvide, gjøre bredere
Polish: poszerzyć (się)	Persian: گشاد کردن	Pashto: ارتول، ارتيدل، پراخول، پر
Portuguese: alargar	Romanian: a lărgi	Russian: расширять(ся)
Slovak: rozšíriť (sa)	Slovenian: razširiti (se)	Serbian: proširiti
Swedish: bredda, göra (bli) bredar	Thai: ขยายออก	Turkish: genişle(t)mek
Taiwanese: 加寬，變寬，更寬	Ukrainian: розширювати(ся)	Urdu: چوڑا کرنا
Vietnamese: mở rộng	Chinese: 加宽
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