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expand - verb

To make or become greater or larger: aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build, build up, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, extend, grow, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, proliferate, rise, run up, snowball, soar, swell, upsurge, wax. Informal beef up. See increase.
To make or become more comprehensive or inclusive: broaden, extend, widen. See increase.
To express at greater length or in greater detail: amplify, develop, dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expatiate, labor. See explain.
To move or arrange so as to cover a larger area: extend, fan(out), open(out or up), outstretch, spread, stretch, unfold, unroll. See move.