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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WIDENING, ppr. Extending the distance between the sides; enlarging in all directions.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an increase in width [syn: widening, broadening] [ant: narrowing]
2: a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park [syn: turnout, widening]
3: the act of making something wider [syn: widening, broadening] [ant: narrowing]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Widen Wid"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Widened; p. pr. & vb. n. Widening.] To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking.

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