Getting broader

• Extend in scope or range or area
• Make larger, of clothes
• Become broader or wider or more extensive
• The act of making something wider
• An increase in width
• Make wider

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an increase in width [syn: broadening ] [ant: narrowing ] a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park [syn: turnout ] the act of making something wider [syn: broadening ] [ant: narrowing ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
1 Of things that are growing wider. 2 Of things that are separate, with increasing separation. n. The action of the verb widen. v (present participle of widen English)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Widen \Wid"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Widened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Widening .] To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking.