expanded
adjective
[ ɪkˈspandɪd ]
• being or having been enlarged or extended.
expand
verb
• become or make larger or more extensive.
• "their business expanded into other hotels"
Similar:
increase in size,
become larger,
enlarge,
swell,
become distended,
dilate,
inflate,
balloon,
puff out/up,
lengthen,
stretch,
thicken,
fatten,
fill out,
intumesce,
tumefy,
grow,
become/make larger,
become/make bigger,
increase in size/scope,
extend,
augment,
broaden,
widen,
develop,
diversify,
multiply,
add to,
build up,
scale up,
branch out,
broaden one's horizons,
extend one's operations,
spread,
proliferate,
mushroom,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin expandere ‘to spread out’, from ex- ‘out’ + pandere ‘to spread’.
