widen

1. (intransitive)To become wide or wider.

   His eyes widened as her negligee fell to the floor.

   sich weiten

   расширя́тьсяrasširjátʹsja, расши́ритьсяrasšíritʹsja

   become broader or wider or more extensive

2. (transitive)To make wide or wider.

   erweitern, weiten

   расширя́тьrasširjátʹ, расши́ритьrasšíritʹ

   make wider

3. (transitive)To let out clothes to a larger size.

   She widened his trousers for him.

   make (clothes) larger

4. (transitive)To broaden or extend in scope or range.

   The police widened their enquiries.

   erweitern

   расширя́тьrasširjátʹ, расши́ритьrasšíritʹ

   extend in scope or range or area

5. (transitive)To convert to a data type that can hold a larger number of distinct values.

   to widen a short variable to an int variable

1. Tom's eyes widened.

   Очі Тома розширилися. — deniko

   ruГлаза Тома расширились. — odexed

   deToms Augen weiteten sich. — Felixjp

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2. This road was widened last year.

   ruЭту дорогу в прошлом году расширили. — marafon

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3. They widened this road last year.

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4. The gap between the rich and the poor is widening.

   ruПропасть между богатыми и бедными растёт. — marafon

   deDie Kluft zwischen Reich und Arm wird immer größer. — Adelpa

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5. He is the first national politician to be named in a widening corruption scandal.

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