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

1. transitive 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.
2. intransitive verb. To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.
3. verb. become broader or wider or more extensive

   "The road widened"

4. verb. make wider

   "widen the road"

5. verb. make (clothes) larger

   "Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight"

6. verb. extend in scope or range or area

   "The law was extended to all citizens"

   "widen the range of applications"

   Synonyms: broaden, extend

Synonyms

broaden, extend

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in widen:

dwine, edwin, indew, wendi, wined

Common word forms

widens, widened, widener, widening

Words from these letters

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