Verb

• S: (v) widen (become broader or wider or more extensive) "The road widened"
• S: (v) let out, widen (make (clothes) larger) "Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight"
• S: (v) widen (make wider) "widen the road"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• cause
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• Somebody ----s something
• S: (v) widen, broaden, extend (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"
• verb group
• direct troponym / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) increase (make bigger or more) "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"
• S: (v) extend, stretch (increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance) "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice"
• S: (v) augment (enlarge or increase) "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East"
• S: (v) build up (enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages) "build up your savings"
• S: (v) enlarge (make larger) "She enlarged the flower beds"
• S: (v) up (raise) "up the ante"
• S: (v) raise (raise the level or amount of something) "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread"
• S: (v) blow up, enlarge, magnify (make large) "blow up an image"
• S: (v) multiply, manifold (combine or increase by multiplication) "He managed to multiply his profits"
• S: (v) build up, work up, build, ramp up (bolster or strengthen) "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports"
• S: (v) inflate, blow up, expand, amplify (exaggerate or make bigger) "The charges were inflated"
• S: (v) escalate, intensify, step up (increase in extent or intensity) "The Allies escalated the bombing"
• S: (v) boost (give a boost to; be beneficial to) "The tax cut will boost the economy"
• S: (v) lengthen (make longer) "Lengthen this skirt, please"
• S: (v) regenerate (amplify (an electron current) by causing part of the power in the output circuit to act upon the input circuit)
• S: (v) maximize, maximise (make as big or large as possible) "Maximize your profits!"
• S: (v) heighten (make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity) "heightened interest"
• S: (v) heighten, rise (become more extreme) "The tension heightened"
• S: (v) rev up, rev (increase the number of rotations per minute) "rev up an engine"
• S: (v) rev up, step up (speed up) "let's rev up production"
• S: (v) boost, advance, supercharge (increase or raise) "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit"
• S: (v) widen, broaden, extend (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"
• S: (v) kite (increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently) "He kited many checks"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame