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Showing words for EXPANDING using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Expanding

expanding

7 Letter Words for Expanding

apexing, deaning, neaping, peaning, pending, pinnage

6 Letter Words for Expanding

adenin, anding, daeing, eaning, ending, endpin, expand, gained, genian, genipa, ginned, indane, innage, nanpie, padige, pagine, pained, panged, pangen, paning, panned, penang, pening, pennia, pigdan, pinang, pinged, pinnae, pinned, xenian

5 Letter Words for Expanding

adige, adnex, agend, anend, annex, annie, aping, axine, axing, daine, deign, diane, digne, dinge, endia, engin, ennia, enpia, exing, gaine, gaped, genin, genip, ginep, gnide, inane, indan, index, ingan, inned, nandi, ngapi, nidge, niepa, nixed, padge, paged, pagne, paine, paned, pangi, panne, penda, pendn, penna, penni, pidan, piend, pinax, pinda, pined, pinge, pinna, pixed, xenia

4 Letter Words for Expanding

aden, aged, agen, agin, agni, aide, aine, anne, anni, aped, apex, axed, axin, dain, dane, dang, dean, deia, deni, depa, diag, dian, dine, ding, eadi, egad, gade, gadi, gaen, gaid, gain, gane, gape, gean, gein, gena, gied, gien, ginn, gpad, idea, igad, inde, indn, inga, inne, nagi, naid, naig, nain, nane, nape, neap, nein, nepa, ngai, nide, nied, nina, nine, nipa, nixe, padi, page, paid, pain, pand, pane, pang, peag, peai, pean, peda, pega, pend, peng, peni, pian, pied, pien, pina, pind, pine, ping, pinx, xian

3 Letter Words for Expanding

ade, adp, age, aid, ain, aix, and, ane, ann, ape, apx, dae, dag, dan, dap, dea, deg, dei, den, dep, dex, dia, die, dig, din, dip, dix, dna, dpi, ead, ean, edp, end, eng, epa, epi, exp, gad, gan, gap, gdp, ged, gen, gid, gie, gin, gnp, gpd, ida, ide, idp, ign, ind, ing, inn, nad, nae, nag, nap, nea, ned, neg, nei, nep, nid, nie, nig, nip, nix, nne, pad, pan, pax, pdn, pea, ped, peg, pen, pia, pid, pie, pig, pin, pix, xed

Definitions for Expanding

[1] to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
[2] to spread or stretch out; unfold: A bird expands its wings.
[3] to express in fuller form or greater detail; develop: to expand a short story into a novel.
[4] Mathematics . to write (a mathematical expression) so as to show the products of its factors. Compare factor(def 10) . to rewrite (a mathematical expression) as a sum, product, etc., of terms of a particular kind: to expand a function in a power series.
[5] to increase or grow in extent, bulk, scope, etc.: Most metals expand with heat. The mind expands with experience.
[6] to spread out; unfold; develop: The buds had not yet expanded.
[7] to express something more fully or in greater detail (usually followed by on or upon ): to expand on a statement.
[8] to make or become greater in extent, volume, size, or scope; increase
[9] to spread out or be spread out; unfold; stretch out
[10] (intr often foll by on ) to enlarge or expatiate on (a story, topic, etc) in detail
[11] (intr) to become increasingly relaxed, friendly, or talkative
[12] maths to express (a function or expression) as the sum or product of terms

Words related to Expanding

expandbolster, widen, broaden, swell, enlarge, increase, spread, develop, open, grow, extend, thicken, pyramid, lengthen, unfurl, protract, distend, magnify, dilate, stretch

Words nearby Expanding

expandexotoxic, exotoxin, exotropia, exp, exp., expand, expanded, expanded code, expanded metal, expanded plastic, expander

Origin of Expanding

1400–50; late Middle English expanden < Latin expandere to spread out, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + pandere to extend, stretch

Words that may be confused with Expanding

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, expandexpand, expend, (see, synonym, study, at, the, current, entry)

Other words from Expanding

ex·pand·a·ble , ex·pand·i·ble , adjective
ex·pand·a·bil·i·ty , ex·pand·i·bil·i·ty , noun
non·ex·pand·ing , adjective
o·ver·ex·pand , verb
pre·ex·pand , verb (used with object)
re·ex·pand , verb
self-ex·pand·ing , adjective
su·per·ex·pand , verb
un·ex·pand·a·ble , adjective
un·ex·pand·ing , adjective

Word origin for Expanding

C15: from Latin expandere to spread out, from pandere to spread, extend

Synonyms for Expanding

bolster, broaden, develop, enlarge, grow, increase, open, spread, swell, widen, aggrandize, amplify, bloat, burgeon, detail, diffuse, dilate, distend, elaborate, embellish, explicate, fatten, heighten, hike, inflate, lengthen, magnify, mount, multiply, mushroom, pad, piggyback, prolong, protract, pyramid, stretch, thicken, unfold, unfurl, unravel, unroll, wax, beef up, blow up, bulk up, fan out, fill out, open out, outspread, puff up, slap on, soup up, spread out, stretch out, tack on, upsurge