Dictionary Entry
widen
widen is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2intransitive verb
To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.
- 3verb
become broader or wider or more extensive
"The road widened"
- 4verb
make wider
"widen the road"
- 5verb
make (clothes) larger
"Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight"
- 6verb
extend in scope or range or area
"The law was extended to all citizens"
"widen the range of applications"
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