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What is the verb for wide?

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widen
  1. (intransitive) To become wide or wider.
  2. (transitive) To make wide or wider.
  3. (transitive) To let out clothes to a larger size.
  4. (transitive) To broaden or extend in scope or range.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “Along the south side, the intention is to widen the length of the footway.”
      “Did you make the decision to widen the scope of the program, or if not, where was this decision made?”
      “The security measures sanctioned by the state serve only to widen the chasm between the powerful and powerless.”
widening
widens
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of widen
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Swing away from the Treasury and the canyon widens somewhat, with a wide sandy bottom between sheer cliffs.”
      “Men with better tech skills get the high-paying jobs, and the wage gap widens between the genders.”
      “As the river widens in the distance, the settlements along the water grow increasingly larger.”
wideneth
  1. (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of widen
widenest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of widen
widened
  1. simple past tense and past participle of widen
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Whit's brown eyes widened before he stared dumbfounded at the talking rag doll.”
      “Soldiers put in place barbed wire and razor wire, dug up fields next to the barrier, and widened a water-filled ditch.”
      “As in the recent growth scenario, increasing the degree of growth both increased the bias and widened the quantiles of the rec distribution.”
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