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expandsverbpresent tense third-person singular of expand to express more fully and in greater detailan article on the First Ladies that the author later expanded into a book amplifies, develops, dilates (on or upon), elaborates (on), enlarges (on or upon), fleshes (out) adds (to), complements, supplementsdiscourses, expatiates, rambles, runs on abbreviates, abridges, condenses, shortens compresses, contractsoutlines, summarizes, sums up to make greater in size, amount, or numberwe had to expand the list of wedding guests several times in order to accommodate all the relatives Mother wouldn't dream of excluding accelerates, adds (to), aggrandizes, amplifies, augments, boosts, builds up, compounds, enlarges, escalates, extends, hypes, increases, multiplies, pumps up, raises, stokes, supersizes, swells, ups booms, jumps, skyrockets, spikesbumps (up), ratchets (up)also rachets (up)blows up, dilates, distends, inflatesdraws out, elongates, fleshes (out), lengthens, prolongs, protracts, stretchesdevelops, enhances, heightens, intensifies, magnifiescomplements, supplementsbeefs (up), reinforces(also reenforces), strengthensmaximizesaccumulates, amasses, collectsfollows up, parlays abates, decreases, de-escalates, diminishes, downsizes, dwindles, lessens, lowers, minifies, reduces, subtracts (from) abbreviates, abridges, curtails, shortenscompresses, condenses, constricts, contractscuts back, retrenches to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider areaa spare leaf for those times when we have to expand the dining table to accommodate extra guests extends, fans (out), flares (out), opens, outspreads, outstretches, spreads (out), stretches (out), unfolds, unfurls overspreads closes, contracts, folds compacts, compresses, condenses, reduces to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or numberwater expands when it becomes frozen accelerates, accumulates, appreciates, balloons, booms, builds up, burgeons(also bourgeons), climbs, enlarges, escalates, gains, increases, mounts, multiplies, mushrooms, proliferates, rises, rolls up, snowballs, spreads, swells, waxes jumps, rockets, skyrockets, surgesheightens, intensifies, redoublesblows up, bulks, distends, inflates, puffs (up)crescendoes, crests, peaks contracts, decreases, diminishes, dwindles, lessens, recedes, wanes |