Lexic.us

Definition of Expand

1. Verb. Extend in one or more directions. "The dough expands"

2. Verb. Become larger in size or volume or quantity. "His business expanded rapidly"

3. Verb. Make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity. "Expand the house by adding another wing"

4. Verb. Grow vigorously. "The business is going to expand "; "Business is booming"

5. Verb. Exaggerate or make bigger. "The charges were inflated"

6. Verb. Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing. "They expand that there was a traffic accident "; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

7. Verb. Expand the influence of. "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"

Definition of Expand

1. v. t. To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.

2. v. i. To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy.

Definition of Expand

1. Verb. (transitive) To change (something) from a smaller form and/or size to a larger one. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something). ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To express (something) at length and/or in detail. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) (algebra) To rewrite (an expression) as a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To (be) change(d) from a smaller form/size to a larger one. ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive) To (be) increase(d) in extent, number, volume or scope. ¹

7. Verb. (intransitive) To speak or write at length or in detail. ¹

8. Verb. (intransitive) To feel generous or optimistic. ¹

9. Verb. (intransitive algebra) To be rewritten as a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Expand

1. to increase in size or volume [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Expand

1. To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy. 1. To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves. "Then with expanded wings he steers his flight." (Milton) 2. 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. 3. To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See Expansion. Origin: L. Expandere, expansum; ex out + pandere to spread out, to throw open; perh. Akin to E. Patent. Cf. Spawn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Expand

exoticness exoticnesses exotics exotism exotisms exotoxic exotoxin exotoxins exotropia exotropias

exotropic exozodi exozodiacal exozodis exp. expand (current term) expandabilities expandability expandable expanded

expanded access expanded form expanded metal expanded universe expanded universes expander expanders expandible expanding expanding upon

Literary usage of Expand

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"expand, in Latin expando, compounded of ex and pando, to spread, from the Greek <f>aivw, to appear or show, signifying to set forth or lay open to view by ..."

2. Twenty Years of Congress: From Lincoln to Garfield ; with a Review of the by James Gillespie Blaine (1884)
"BILL TENDED TO expand STATB BANE ... and they were thus tempted to expand their loans and issue their own bills to a dangerous extent. ..."

3. Higher Algebra: A Sequel to Elementary Algebra for Schools by Henry Sinclair Hall, Samuel Ratcliffe Knight (1894)
"expand (2 + 3s)—' to four terms. 182. In finding the general term we must now use the formula n(nI)(n-2) (nr + 1) r IT written in full ; for the symbol *GT ..."

4. New Elementary Algebra: Containing the Rudiments of the Science for Schools by Horatio Nelson Robinson (1875)
"expand (m + z)(m + 2). Ans. m? + 2mz -f z3. 11. expand (2a — c) (2a — c). ... expand (4a + |z) (4a + £B 16a8 NOTE. — The square of a binomial may be ..."

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