Verb

(en verb)

To become wide or wider.

His eyes widened as her negligee fell to the floor.

To make wide or wider.

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To let out clothes to a larger size.

She widened his trousers for him.

To broaden or extend in scope or range.

The police widened their enquiries.

Verb

(en verb)

To increase; to make larger or supplement.

The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.

(reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.

(music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.

(music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).

(grammar) To add an augment to.