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Verb
( en verb)
(label) To change (something) from a smaller form and/or size to a larger one.
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(label) To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
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* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
- Then with expanded wings he steers his flight.
(label) To express (something) at length and/or in detail.
To rewrite (an expression) as a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms.
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To multiply both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same natural number yielding a fraction of equal value
(label) To (be) change(d) from a smaller form/size to a larger one.
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(label) To (be) increase(d) in extent, number, volume or scope.
(label) To speak or write at length or in detail.
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*{{quote-book, year=1899, author=(Stephen Crane)
, title=, chapter=1
, passage=There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”}}
(label) To feel generous or optimistic.
Synonyms
* open out, spread, spread out, unfold
* enlarge
* (to express at length or in detail) elaborate (on), expand on
Antonyms
* contract
* contract
* factor
Derived terms
* expandable
* expander
Related terms
* expanse
* expansible
* expansile
* expansive
* expansion
* expansionism
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surge English
Noun
( en noun)
A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times citation
, passage=As President Obama turns his attention once again to filling out a cabinet and writing an Inaugural Address, this much is clear: he should not expect to bask in a surge of national unity, or to witness a crowd of millions overrun the Mall just to say they were there.}}
The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation
- He felt a surge of excitement.
(electricity) A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.
- A power surge at that generator created a blackout across the whole district.
(nautical) The swell or heave of the sea. (FM 55-501).
* Bible, James i. 6
- He that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.
* Dryden
- He flies aloft, and, with impetuous roar, / Pursues the foaming surges to the shore.
(obsolete) A spring; a fountain.
* Ld. Berners
- divers surges and springs of water
The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
Synonyms
* inrush
Derived terms
* countersurge
* surgeless
Verb
(surg)
(lb) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
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*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-03, author=David S. Senchina, volume=101, issue=2, page=134
, magazine=(American Scientist)
, title= Athletics and Herbal Supplements
, passage=Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.}}
To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
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*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 2, work=BBC
, title= Wales 2-1 Montenegro
, passage=Wales began the second half as they ended the first, closing down Montenegro quickly and the pressure told as Bale surged into the box and pulled the ball back for skipper Ramsey, arriving on cue, to double their lead.}}
To slack off a line.
Related terms
* source
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