0 present participle of widen
1 to become, or to make something greater in width:
As it approaches the sea, the river begins to widen (out).
2 to (cause something to) become larger or to include a larger amount or number:
He is having an operation to widen the space in his arteries.
The valley widens here.
Moreover, these differences appear to be widening over time.
The widening split between the maritime unions and the general labour movement is also illustrated well by the events of mid-1917.
This finding points towards the widening of marriage fields and sheds light on the process of decreasing geographical endogamy in the twentieth century.
This relation is used in the typing rules to prevent widening a confined type to a public type; confinement-preserving widening requires safe subtyping to hold.
For confined types it is necessary to restrict widening of types to prevent a confined type from being cast to a plain reference.
