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widen meaning

EN[-aɪdən]
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  • Widen is a municipality in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
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    Definition of widen in English Dictionary

  • VerbSGwidensPRwideningPT, PPwidened
    1. (intransitive) To become wide or wider.
      1. His eyes widened as her negligee fell to the floor.
    2. (transitive) To make wide or wider.
      1. But he still saw his side produce a rousing display which owed much to their lauded prowess from set-pieces, despite Uefa regulations meaning the pitch had to be widened and, in the process, the run-up area for Delap's long throws reduced.
    3. (transitive) To let out clothes to a larger size.
      1. She widened his trousers for him.
    4. (transitive) To broaden or extend in scope or range.
      1. The police widened their enquiries.
  • More Examples
    1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
      • Having preestablished that the murder weapon did not belong to the hotel, the detective widened her field of enquiry.
      • His eyes widened as her negligee fell to the floor.
  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Verbs
      • Ergative verbs
        • Intransitive verbs
          • Transitive verbs
        Related Links:
        1. en wideness
        2. en widens
        3. en widened
        4. en widener
        5. en wideners
        Source: Wiktionary

        Meaning of widen for the defined word.

        Grammatically, this word "widen" is a verb, more specifically, an ergative verb, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.
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