expand
ex.pand \ik-'spand\ \-*-b*l\ vb [ME expaunden, fr. L expandere, fr. ex- +
pandere to sp]read - more more at FATHOM 1: to increase the extent, number,
or scope of : ENLARGE 2a: to express fully or in detail 2b: to write out
in full 1: to open out 2: to increase in extent, number, or scope 3: to
speak or write fully or in detail 4: to feel generous or optimisticM,
DILATE mean to increase in size or volume. EXPAND may apply whether the
increase comes from within or without, or in any manner such as growth,
unfolding, addition of parts; AMPLIFY implies the extension or enlargement
of something inadequate; SWELL implies gradual expansion beyond a thing's
original or normal limits; DISTEND implies expansion caused by pressure
from within forcing extension outward; INFLATE implies expanding by
introduction of air or something insubstantial and suggests a resulting
vulnerability and liability to sudden collapse; DILATE applies esp. to
expansion of circumference - ex.pand.able aj SYN syn EXPAND, AMPLIFY,
SWELL, DISTEND, INFLATE)