Widen

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo become wide or wider.

"His eyes widened as her negligee fell to the floor."

2.VerbTo make wide or wider.

3.VerbTo let out clothes to a larger size.

"She widened his trousers for him."

4.VerbTo broaden or extend in scope or range.

"The police widened their enquiries."

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

"to widen a short variable to an int variable"

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