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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Widen \Wid"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Widened; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Widening.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Widen \Wid"en\, v. i.
     To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Arches widen, and long aisles extend.    --Pope.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Widen \Wid"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Widened; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Widening.]
     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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Widen \Wid"en\, v. i.
     To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.
  
           Arches widen, and long aisles extend.    --Pope.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  widen
       v 1: become broader or wider or more extensive; "The road
            widened" [ant: narrow]
       2: make (clothes) larger; "Let out that dress--I gained a lot
          of weight" [syn: let out] [ant: take in]
       3: make wider; "widen the road"
       4: 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" [syn: broaden, extend]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  widen
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 (μτβ) διευρύνω, πλαταίνω
     2 (αμτβ) διευρύνομαι, πλαταίνω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  widen
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To become wide or wider.
     2 (lb en transitive) To make wide or wider.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Widen
     n.
     (surname en from=Swedish).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  widen
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To become wide or wider.
     2 (lb en transitive) To make wide or wider.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Widen
     n.
     (surname en from=Swedish).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  widen
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To become wide or wider.
     2 (lb en transitive) To make wide or wider.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Widen
     n.
     (surname en from=Swedish).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  widen
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To become wide or wider.
     2 (lb en transitive) To make wide or wider.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Widen
     n.
     (surname en from=Swedish).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  widen
     Englanti vb.
     leventää

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  widen
     Engelska vb.
     vidga, bredda

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Widen
     Nauruanska n.
     (tagg språk=na kat=länder) Sverige

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Widen /wˈaɪdən/
  توسّع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  widen //ˈwaɪdən// 
  1. разширявам се
  to become wider
  2. разширявам 2.
  to broaden or extend
   3.
  to make wider
  3. отпускам
  to let out clothes

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  widen /wˈaɪdən/ 
  rozšířit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  widen /wˈaɪdən/ 
  rozšiřovat

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  widen /wˈaɪdən/ 
  breiter werden , sich verbreitern, sich weiten, sich ausweiten 
     Synonyms: broaden, stretch
  
   see: widening, broadening, stretching, widened, broadened, stretched
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  widen //ˈwaɪdən// 
  1. laajentua
  to become wider
  2. laajentaa 2.
  to broaden or extend
   3.
  to make wider
  3. leventää
  to let out clothes

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  widen /wˈaɪdən/
  proširiti, raširiti se

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  widen //ˈwaɪdən// 
  1. 広がる, 広まる
  to become wider
  2. 広める, 拡張する
  to broaden or extend
  3. 大きい
  to let out clothes
  4. 広げる, 広める
  to make wider

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  widen /ˈwaɪdən/ 
   1.  poszerzać się, poszerzać
   2.  rozszerzać się

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  widen //ˈwaɪdən// 
  1. utvidga, utöka, vidga
  to broaden or extend
  2. vidga 2.
  to make wider
   3.
  to become wider

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  widen /wˈaɪdən/
  1. genişletmek, açmak, bollaştırmak
  2. açılmak, genişlemek, bollasmak.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈwaɪdən/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  88 Moby Thesaurus words for "widen":
     accrue, accumulate, add to, advance, aggrandize, amplify,
     appreciate, augment, balloon, bloat, blow up, boom, branch,
     branch out, breed, broaden, build, build up, bulk, bulk out,
     crescendo, deal in generalities, deepen, deploy, develop, dilate,
     disperse, distend, ecumenicize, enlarge, expand, extend, fan,
     fan out, fill out, flare, gain, gain strength, generalize,
     get ahead, globalize, go up, greaten, grow, hike, hike up, huff,
     increase, inflate, intensify, magnify, make a generalization,
     mount, multiply, open, open up, outspread, outstretch, overgrow,
     overrun, proliferate, puff, puff up, pump, pump up, raise, ramify,
     rarefy, rise, run up, shoot up, snowball, splay, spraddle,
     sprangle, sprawl, spread, spread like wildfire, spread out,
     strengthen, stretch, sufflate, swell, tumefy, unfold, universalize,
     up, wax
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 弄宽;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 弄宽,加宽,扩大
     vi. 变宽,扩大

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