widen

To make or become wide or wider.

Widely; wide.

To make wide or wider; extend in breadth; expand: as, to widen a street.

To throw open.

In knitting, to make larger by increasing the number of stitches: opposed to narrow.

To grow wide or wider; enlarge; extend itself; expand; broaden.

In knitting, to increase the number of stitches: as, to widen at the third row.

To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of

To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.

To become wide or wider.