Word Meanings - EXPAND - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See Expansion, 5. (more info) 1. To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight.

Additional info about word: EXPAND

To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See Expansion, 5. (more info) 1. To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight. Milton. 2. To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to Ant: contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of EXPAND)

• Amplify
• Enrich
• enlarge
• increase
• augment
• multiply
• dilate
• develop
• swell
• expatiate
• expand
• discuss
• unfold
• extend
• Develop
• Educe
• enucleate
• eliminate
• enunciate
• lay open
• disclose
• unravel
• clear
• amplify
• Dilate
• Stretch
• widen
• distend
• descant
• Enlarge
• broaden
• stretch out
• stretch
• Extend
• Prolong
• reach
• spread
• avail
• apply

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of EXPAND)

• Fail
• fall
• disappoint
• betray

Related words: (words related to EXPAND)

• AVAILABLENESS
  1. Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title. 2. Quality of being available; capability of being used for the purpose intended. Sir M. Hale.
• SPREADINGLY
  , adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton.
• CLEARLY
  In a clear manner.
• ELIMINATE
  To cause to disappear from an equation; as, to eliminate an unknown quantity. 3. To set aside as unimportant in a process of inductive inquiry; to leave out of consideration. Eliminate errors that have been gathering and accumulating. Lowth. 4.
• CLEARER
  A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, clears. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding. Addison.
• ENLARGEMENT
  1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an
• UNFOLDER
  One who, or that which, unfolds.
• DEVELOPMENT
  The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization. The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another
• EXTENDLESSNESS
  Unlimited extension. An . . . extendlessness of excursions. Sir. M. Hale.
• AVAIL
  1. To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment. O, what avails me now that honor high ! Milton. 2. To promote; to assist. Pope. To avail one's
• CLEAR-HEADED
  Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent. "He was laborious and clear-headed." Macaulay. -- Clear"-head`ed*ness, n.
• REACH
  An effort to vomit.
• UNFOLDMENT
  The acct of unfolding, or the state of being unfolded. The extreme unfoldment of the instinctive powers. C. Morris.
• BETRAYAL
  The act or the result of betraying.
• REACHABLE
  Being within reach.
• EXTENDANT
  Displaced. Ogilvie.
• SWELLTOAD
  A swellfish.
• CLEAR-SIGHTEDNESS
  Acute discernment.
• AVAILMENT
  Profit; advantage.
• SPREAD-EAGLED
  1. To place in a spread-eagle position, especially as a means of punishment. 2. being in a position with the arms and legs extended fully.
• OUTPREACH
  To surpass in preaching. And for a villain's quick conversion A pillory can outpreach a parson. Trumbull.
• PARAVAIL
  At the bottom; lowest. Cowell. Note: In feudal law, the tenant paravail is the lowest tenant of the fee, or he who is immediate tenant to one who holds over of another. Wharton.
• DENUNCIATE
  To denounce; to condemn publicly or solemnly. To denunciate this new work. Burke.
• REINCREASE
  To increase again.
• FOREREACH
  To advance or gain upon; -- said of a vessel that gains upon another when sailing closehauled.
• SEDUCEMENT
  1. The act of seducing. 2. The means employed to seduce, as flattery, promises, deception, etc.; arts of enticing or corrupting. Pope.
• REDUCEMENT
  Reduction. Milton.
• UPSWELL
  To swell or rise up.
• POLYNUCLEAR
  Containing many nuclei.
• SEDUCER
  One who, or that which, seduces; specifically, one who prevails over the chastity of a woman by enticements and persuasions. He whose firm faith no reason could remove, Will melt before that soft seducer, love. Dryden.
• BEDSPREAD
  A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet.
• NONDEVELOPMENT
  Failure or lack of development.
• DISAUGMENT
  To diminish.