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 become fatter

He gradually fattened in the five years after getting married.

To cause to be fatter

We must fatten the turkey in time for Thanksgiving.

To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich.

to fatten land

(Dryden)