Definition of expand

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Expand (v. t.) 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..

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Ferrule :: Ferrule (n.) A bushing for expanding the end of a flue to fasten it tightly in the tube plate, or for partly filling up its mouth..
Dilator :: Dilator (n.) An instrument for expanding a part; as, a urethral dilator..
Spoondrift :: Spoon-billed (a.) Having the bill expanded and spatulate at the end.
Dilator :: Dilator (n.) One who, or that which, widens or expands..
Open :: Open (v. i.) To expand; to spread out; to be disclosed; as, the harbor opened to our view..
Clove :: Clove (n.) A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia, / Caryophullus, aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles..
Unfold :: Unfold (v. i.) To open; to expand; to become disclosed or developed.
Open :: Open (v. t.) To spread; to expand; as, to open the hand..
Inflate :: Inflate (v. t.) To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs..
Lichen :: Lichen (n.) One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called Lichenes), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond-like forms, but sometimes erect or pendulous and variously branched. They derive their nourishment from the air, and generate by means of spores. The species are very widely distributed, and form irregular spots or patches, usually of a greenish or yellowish color, upon rocks, trees, and various bodies, to which they adhere with great
Full-blown :: Full-blown (a.) Fully expanded, as a blossom; as, a full-bloun rose..
Corymb :: Corymb (n.) A flat-topped or convex cluster of flowers, each on its own footstalk, and arising from different points of a common axis, the outermost blossoms expanding first, as in the hawthorn..
Pileus :: Pileus (n.) The expanded upper portion of many of the fungi. See Mushroom.
Dispread :: Dispread (v. i.) To extend or expand itself.
Dilated :: Dilated (a.) Expanded; enlarged.
Develop :: Develop (v. t.) To unfold gradually, as a flower from a bud; hence, to bring through a succession of states or stages, each of which is preparatory to the next; to form or expand by a process of growth; to cause to change gradually from an embryo, or a lower state, to a higher state or form of being; as, sunshine and rain develop the bud into a flower; to develop the mind..
Centrifugal :: Centrifugal (a.) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster..
Display :: Display (v. t.) To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.
Inflate :: Inflate (v. i.) To expand; to fill; to distend.
Sea Orange :: Sea orange () A large American holothurian (Lophothuria Fabricii) having a bright orange convex body covered with finely granulated scales. Its expanded tentacles are bright red.
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