expand
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- v extend in one or more directions
The dough expands - v become larger in size or volume or quantity
his business expanded rapidly - v make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity
expand the house by adding another wing - v grow vigorously
- v exaggerate or make bigger
- v add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
- v expand the influence of
- New government regulations for the funding of human embryonic-stem-cell research will significantly expand the number of studies on stem-cell lines that qualify for public funds.
- Second, we should expand oil production by tapping into the extraordinary potential of oil shale.
- Fees on insurers, drug companies and others in the health care industry would finance tax credits to help expand coverage.