expand

Verb

• expand the influence of
  • The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent
    

• add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
  • She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
    

• exaggerate or make bigger
  • The charges were inflated
    

• grow vigorously
  • The deer population in this town is thriving
    
  • business is booming
    

• make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity
  • expand the house by adding another wing
    

• become larger in size or volume or quantity
  • his business expanded rapidly
    

• extend in one or more directions
  • The dough expands
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  extend , elaborate , lucubrate , expatiate , exposit , enlarge , flesh out , expound , dilate , inflate , blow up , amplify , boom , thrive , flourish , spread out
• Antonyms: 
  abridge , foreshorten , abbreviate , shorten , cut , contract , reduce , shrink