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Word entry · 5 letters

widen

Best crossword clue

"Make broader"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈwaɪdn̩/Part of speech verbSorted deinwStarts with WEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
1W2I3D4E5N

Definitions

  1. become broader or wider or more extensive

Word origin

From wide + -en (verbal suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • His eyes widened as her negligee fell to the floor.
  • The widening works include the rebuilding of the skew bridge near Northwood to take four tracks, and to enable the Rickmansworth Road to be widened to 60 ft.; […].
  • She widened his trousers for him.

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