- extend in one or more directions;
"The dough expands"
- 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 vigorously;
"The deer population in this town is thriving" "business is booming"
- exaggerate or make bigger;
"The charges were inflated"
- 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"
- expand the influence of;
"The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"
