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present participle of expand
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1
to express more fully and in greater detail
- an article on the First Ladies that the author later expanded into a book
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2
to make greater in size, amount, or number
- we had to expand the list of wedding guests several times in order to accommodate all the relatives Mother wouldn't dream of excluding
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- beefing (up),
- reinforcing
- (also reenforcing),
- strengthening
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3
to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area
- a spare leaf for those times when we have to expand the dining table to accommodate extra guests
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4
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
- water expands when it becomes frozen
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