Widening
/ˈwaɪdənɪŋ/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The action of the verb widen.
"She looked up sleepily and asked me what it was, and with the very words I thought she drew in her breath with a widening of the nostrils and seemed to come suddenly and fully alive."
- 2 the act of making something wider wordnet
- 3 a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park wordnet
- 4 an increase in width wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of widen form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Growing wider or farther apart. not-comparable
"The widening gap between rich and poor creates social problems."
Example
More examples"He is the first national politician to be named in a widening corruption scandal."