English to English
verb
- extend in one or more directions
The dough expands.
source: WordNet 3.0
- become larger in size or volume or quantity
His business expanded rapidly.
source: WordNet 3.0
- make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity
Expand the house by adding another wing.
source: WordNet 3.0
- grow vigorously
The deer population in this town is thriving.
Business is booming.
source: WordNet 3.0
- exaggerate or make bigger
The charges were inflated.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- expand the influence of
The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.
source: Webster 1913
- To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [ecspánd] Lumwag; lumawak; kumalat
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
