| widening | | |
| n. (process) | 1. broadening, widening | an increase in width. |
| ~ increment, growth, increase | a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important.; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. turnout, widening | a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park. |
| ~ part, portion | something less than the whole of a human artifact.; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" |
| ~ road, route | an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation. |
| n. (act) | 3. broadening, widening | the act of making something wider. |
| ~ change of shape | an action that changes the shape of something. |
| widen | | |
| v. (change) | 1. widen | become broader or wider or more extensive.; "The road widened" |
| ~ increase | become bigger or greater in amount.; "The amount of work increased" |
| ~ flare out, flare | become flared and widen, usually at one end.; "The bellbottom pants flare out" |
| ~ dilate, distend | become wider.; "His pupils were dilated" |
| v. (change) | 2. let out, widen | make (clothes) larger.; "Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight" |
| ~ vary, alter, change | become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence.; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season" |
| v. (change) | 3. widen | make wider.; "widen the road" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ widen | become broader or wider or more extensive.; "The road widened" |
| ~ white out | widen the interlinear spacing by inserting leads. |
| v. (change) | 4. broaden, extend, widen | extend in scope or range or area.; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard" |
| ~ increase | make bigger or more.; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" |
| ~ broaden | make broader.; "broaden the road" |
| ~ territorialise, territorialize | extend by adding territory. |
| ~ globalise, globalize | make world-wide in scope or application.; "Markets are being increasingly globalized" |
| ~ expand, extend | expand the influence of.; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent" |
| ~ stretch | extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly.; "Stretch the limits"; "stretch my patience"; "stretch the imagination" |
| loose | | |
| v. (social) | 1. free, liberate, loose, release, unloose, unloosen | grant freedom to; free from confinement. |
| ~ unspell | release from a spell. |
| ~ unchain | make free. |
| ~ bail | release after a security has been paid. |
| ~ run | set animals loose to graze. |
| ~ bail out | free on bail. |
| ~ parole | release a criminal from detention and place him on parole.; "The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison" |
| v. (contact) | 2. let loose, loose, unleash | turn loose or free from restraint.; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity" |
| ~ let go, let go of, release, relinquish | release, as from one's grip.; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall" |
| v. (change) | 3. loose, loosen | make loose or looser.; "loosen the tension on a rope" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ relax, loose, loosen | become loose or looser or less tight.; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed" |
| ~ relax, unbend | make less taut.; "relax the tension on the rope" |
| ~ slacken, remit | make slack as by lessening tension or firmness. |
| ~ slack | release tension on.; "slack the rope" |
| ~ unscrew | loosen something by unscrewing it.; "unscrew the outlet plate" |
| ~ unscrew | loosen by turning.; "unscrew the bottle cap" |
| v. (change) | 4. loose, loosen, relax | become loose or looser or less tight.; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed" |
| ~ weaken | become weaker.; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
| adj. | 5. loose | not compact or dense in structure or arrangement.; "loose gravel" |
| ~ light | (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency.; "light soil" |
| ~ unfirm, shifting | (of soil) unstable.; "shifting sands"; "unfirm earth" |
| ~ silty | full of silt.; "silty soil" |
| ~ unconsolidated | loose and unstratified.; "unconsolidated soil" |
| adj. | 6. loose | (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player.; "a loose ball" |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| ~ uncontrolled | not being under control; out of control.; "the greatest uncontrolled health problem is AIDS"; "uncontrolled growth" |
| adj. | 7. loose | not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting.; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose" |
| ~ baggy, loose-fitting, sloppy | not fitting closely; hanging loosely.; "baggy trousers"; "a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather" |
| ~ flyaway | (of hair or clothing) worn loose.; "her flyaway hair"; "a flyaway coat" |
| ~ lax | lacking in strength or firmness or resilience.; "a lax rope"; "a limp handshake" |
| adj. | 8. informal, loose | not officially recognized or controlled.; "an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers" |
| ~ unofficial | not having official authority or sanction.; "a sort of unofficial mayor"; "an unofficial estimate"; "he participated in an unofficial capacity" |
| adj. | 9. free, liberal, loose | not literal.; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem" |
| ~ inexact | not exact. |
| adj. | 10. lax, loose | emptying easily or excessively.; "loose bowels" |
| ~ unconstipated, regular | not constipated. |
| adj. | 11. loose, unaffixed | not affixed.; "the stamp came loose" |
| adj. | 12. loose, slack | not tense or taut.; "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope" |
| ~ lax | lacking in strength or firmness or resilience.; "a lax rope"; "a limp handshake" |
| adj. | 13. loose, open | (of textures) full of small openings or gaps.; "an open texture"; "a loose weave" |
| ~ coarse, harsh | of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles.; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave" |
| adj. | 14. idle, loose | lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility.; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue" |
| ~ irresponsible | showing lack of care for consequences.; "behaved like an irresponsible idiot"; "hasty and irresponsible action" |
| adj. | 15. loose | not carefully arranged in a package.; "a box of loose nails" |
| ~ unpackaged | not packaged or put into packets.; "unpackaged nuts" |
| adj. | 16. at large, escaped, loose, on the loose | having escaped, especially from confinement.; "a convict still at large"; "searching for two escaped prisoners"; "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood" |
| ~ free | able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint.; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice" |
| adj. | 17. easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton | casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior.; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior" |
| ~ unchaste | not chaste.; "unchaste conduct" |
| adv. | 18. free, loose | without restraint.; "cows in India are running loose" |
| relaxed | | |
| adj. | 1. relaxed | without strain or anxiety.; "gave the impression of being quite relaxed"; "a relaxed and informal discussion" |
| ~ unagitated | not agitated or disturbed emotionally. |
| ~ easy | free from worry or anxiety.; "knowing that I had done my best, my mind was easy"; "an easy good-natured manner"; "by the time the chsild faced the actual problem of reading she was familiar and at ease with all the elements words" |
| ~ degage | free and relaxed in manner.; "rather degage after the nervousness he had shown at dinner" |
| ~ laid-back, mellow | unhurried and relaxed.; "a mellow conversation" |
| ~ unstrained | not placed under psychological stress.; "the campaign would not leave party loyalties unstrained" |
| wide | | |
| adj. | 1. broad, wide | having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other.; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river" |
| ~ comprehensive | including all or everything.; "comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"; "a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education" |
| ~ thick | not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions.; "an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets" |
| ~ beamy | broad in the beam.; "a beamy cargo ship" |
| ~ bird's-eye, panoramic | as from an altitude or distance.; "a bird's-eye survey"; "a panoramic view" |
| ~ broad-brimmed | (of hats) having a broad brim. |
| ~ deep | extending relatively far inward.; "a deep border" |
| ~ fanlike | resembling a fan. |
| ~ sweeping | taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination.; "a sweeping glance"; "a wide-sweeping view of the river" |
| ~ wide-screen | (motion pictures) projected on a screen with much greater width than height. |
| adj. | 2. across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide | broad in scope or content.; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"; "granted him wide powers" |
| ~ comprehensive | including all or everything.; "comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"; "a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education" |
| adj. | 3. wide, wide-eyed | (used of eyes) fully open or extended.; "stared with wide eyes" |
| ~ opened, open | used of mouth or eyes.; "keep your eyes open"; "his mouth slightly opened" |
| adj. | 4. broad, spacious, wide | very large in expanse or scope.; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies" |
| ~ big, large | above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world" |
| adj. | 5. wide | great in degree.; "won by a wide margin" |
| ~ comfortable | more than adequate.; "the home team had a comfortable lead" |
| adj. | 6. full, wide, wide-cut | having ample fabric.; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt" |
| ~ ample | more than enough in size or scope or capacity.; "had ample food for the party"; "an ample supply" |
| adj. | 7. wide, wide of the mark | not on target.; "the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth" |
| ~ inaccurate | not exact.; "an inaccurate translation"; "the thermometer is inaccurate" |
| adv. | 8. wide | with or by a broad space.; "stand with legs wide apart"; "ran wide around left end" |
| adv. | 9. wide | to the fullest extent possible.; "open your eyes wide"; "with the throttle wide open" |
| adv. | 10. astray, wide | far from the intended target.; "the arrow went wide of the mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander" |
| adv. | 11. wide, widely | to or over a great extent or range; far.; "wandered wide through many lands"; "he traveled widely" |
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