Word Meaning

Meaning of expands

- To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.
- 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.
- To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See Expansion, 5.
- 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.

Crossword clue for expands

- Amplify
- Complex panda enclosure to grow
- Diversify
- Explain further
- Export only fifty percent and get bigger
- Extend
- Get bigger
- Grow
- grow bigger
- Increase
- Increase in size or bulk
- Increase outwards
- Old flame slated by audience? That’s swell!
- overstate
- Stretch out
- Swell
- Amplifies
- Becomes larger or more extensive
- Spreads out
- Swells