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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Widen \Wid"en\, verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Widen \Wid"en\, verb (used without an object) To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.
Arches widen, and long aisles extend. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
widen
verb
1: become broader or wider or more extensive; "The road widened" [ant: {narrow}]
2: make (clothes) larger; "Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight" [syn: {let out}] [ant: {take in}]
3: make wider; "widen the road"
4: extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard" [syn: {broaden}, {extend}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
88 Moby Thesaurus words for "widen": accrue, accumulate, add to, advance, aggrandize, amplify, appreciate, augment, balloon, bloat, blow up, boom, branch, branch out, breed, broaden, build, build up, bulk, bulk out, crescendo, deal in generalities, deepen, deploy, develop, dilate, disperse, distend, ecumenicize, enlarge, expand, extend, fan, fan out, fill out, flare, gain, gain strength, generalize, get ahead, globalize, go up, greaten, grow, hike, hike up, huff, increase, inflate, intensify, magnify, make a generalization, mount, multiply, open, open up, outspread, outstretch, overgrow, overrun, proliferate, puff, puff up, pump, pump up, raise, ramify, rarefy, rise, run up, shoot up, snowball, splay, spraddle, sprangle, sprawl, spread, spread like wildfire, spread out, strengthen, stretch, sufflate, swell, tumefy, unfold, universalize, up, wax
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