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"Become larger"

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6 lettersPronunciation /ɪkˈspænd/Part of speech verbSorted adenpxStarts with EEnds with D1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. To become or make larger.

Word origin

Recorded in Middle English since 1422 (as expanden, expaunden), from Anglo-Norman espaundre, from Latin expandere (“to spread out”), itself from ex- (“out, outwards”) + pandō (“to spread”). Doublet of spawn.

Used in a sentence

  • You can expand this compact umbrella to cover a large table.
  • A flower expands its leaves.
  • Then with expanded wings he steers his flight.

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