 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
expanded
adjective: increased in extent or size or bulk or scope [ant: {contracted}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Expand \Ex*pand"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Expanded}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Expanding}.] [L. expandere, expansum; ex out + pandere to
spread out, to throw open; perh. akin to E. patent. Cf.
{Spawn}.]
1. To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to
diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.
Then with expanded wings he steers his flight.
--Milton.
2. To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or
stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of
substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to
distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to
{contract}; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all
bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence.
3. (Math.) To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to
expand an equation. See {Expansion}, 5.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
expanded \expanded\ adjective
increased in extent or size or bulk or scope. Opposite of
{contracted}. [Narrower terms: {blown-up, enlarged};
{dilated}; {distended, swollen}; {inflated}]
[WordNet 1.5]
2. (Printnig) wider than usual for a particular height; -- of
printers' type. Contrasted with {condensed}.
Syn: extended.
[WordNet 1.5]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "expanded":
accelerated, aggrandized, ampliate, amplified, augmented,
beefed-up, bloated, boosted, broadened, built-up, crescendoed,
deepened, elevated, enhanced, enlarged, extended, heightened,
hiked, increased, inflated, intensified, jazzed up, magnified,
multiplied, proliferated, raised, reinforced, spread, stiffened,
strengthened, swollen, tightened, upped, widened
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