Widen
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widen¹
- /ˈwaɪdn̩/
Rhymes with -aɪdən
Where it comes from
PIE word
*dwóh₁
From wide + -en (verbal suffix).
verb widens · widening · widened
- To become wide or wider. His eyes widened as her negligee fell to the floor.
- 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.; […].
- To let out clothes to a larger size. She widened his trousers for him.
- To broaden or extend in scope or range. The police widened their enquiries.
- To convert to a data type that can hold a larger number of distinct values. to widen a short variable to an int variable
Similar: breadthen, broaden, enwiden, thicken, widen, widthen
Widen²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Swedish Widén.
proper noun Widens
- A surname from Swedish.
