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expand 
verb
- extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands"
Synonyms: spread out Antonyms: shrink, contract - become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"
- make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing"
- grow stronger; "The economy was booming"
Synonyms: boom, flourish, get ahead, prosper, thrive - exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"
Synonyms: amplify, blow up, inflate - 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"
Synonyms: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate Antonyms: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce - expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"
Synonyms: extend
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