Hypertext Webster Gateway: "widening"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Widen \Wid"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Widened}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Widening}.]
To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the
width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a
stocking.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
widening
n 1: an increase in width [syn: {broadening}] [ant: {narrowing}]
2: the act of making something wider [syn: {broadening}] [ant:
{narrowing}]
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