DICTOMETER

BLI BREDERE (Norwegian for "expand")

(expand, dilatarse)

1. Synonyms:
   • Expand
   • Spread out
   Definitions:
   • extend in one or more directions
   Examples:
   • The dough expands
   Antonyms:
   shrink, contract
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Expand
   Definitions:
   • become larger in size or volume or quantity
   Examples:
   • His business expanded rapidly
   Antonyms:
   abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Expand
   Definitions:
   • make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity
   Examples:
   • Expand the house by adding another wing
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Boom
   • Thrive
   • Flourish
   • Expand
   Definitions:
   • grow vigorously
   Examples:
   • The deer population in this town is thriving
   • Business is booming
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Inflate
   • Blow up
   • Expand
   • Amplify
   Definitions:
   • exaggerate or make bigger
   Examples:
   • The charges were inflated
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Elaborate
   • Lucubrate
   • Expatiate
   • Exposit
   • Enlarge
   • Flesh out
   • Expand
   • Expound
   • Dilate
   Definitions:
   • add details, as to an account or idea
   • clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
   Examples:
   • She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Extend
   • Expand
   Definitions:
   • expand the influence of
   Examples:
   • The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent