widens
- 1Third-person singular simple present of widen.
The river widens noticeably as it nears the coast.
The gap between the leading runners widens with every lap.
Note
One form serves two constructions. With no object, something grows broader by itself, as a river or a gap does. With an object, someone makes it broader: a crew widens a road, and a tailor widens a waistband by letting it out. The transitive side also stretches to scope, as when an inquiry widens its range. In programming, code widens a value by converting it to a type that can hold more distinct values.
The city widens the main road every few decades to keep up with traffic.
The tailor widens the jacket at the shoulders so it fits comfortably.
widens is a form of widen
widen, verb: To make something wider or broader than it was. Full entry
- Spelling
- widen → widens: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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