Expansion
Nouns
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expansion
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increase of size etc. Increase
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enlargement, extension, augmentation
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amplification, ampliation
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aggrandizement, spread, increment, growth, development, pullulation, swell, dilation, rarefaction
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turgescence, turgidness, turgidity
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dispansion
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obesity etc. (size) Size
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hydrocephalus, hydrophthalmus [Med.]
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dropsy, tumefaction, intumescence, swelling, tumor, diastole, distension
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puffing, puffiness
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inflation
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pandiculation. dilatability, expansibility. germination, growth, upgrowth
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accretion etc. Increase
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budding, gemmation. overgrowth, overdistension
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hypertrophy, tympany. bulb etc. (convexity) Convexity
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plumper
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superiority of size. [expansion of the universe] big bang
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Hubble constant.
Verbs
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become larger etc. (large) etc. Size
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expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate, swell, gather
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fill out
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deploy, take open order, dilate, stretch, distend, spread
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mantle, wax
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grow up, spring up
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bud, shoot, sprout, germinate, put forth, vegetate, pullulate, open, burst forth
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gain flesh, gather flesh
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outgrow
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spread like wildfire, overrun. be larger than
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surpass etc. (be superior) [Supremacy.] Superiority. render larger etc. (large) etc. Size
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expand, spread, extend, aggrandize, distend, develop, amplify, spread out, widen, magnify, rarefy, inflate, puff, blow up, stuff, pad, cram
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exaggerate
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fatten.
Adjectives
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expanded, c. v.
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larger, c. (large) etc. Size
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swollen
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expansive
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wide open, wide spread
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flabelliform
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overgrown, exaggerated, bloated, fat, turgid, tumid, hypertrophied, dropsical
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pot bellied, swag bellied
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edematous, oedematous, obese, puffy, pursy, blowzy, bigswoln, distended
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patulous
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bulbous etc. (convex) Convexity
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full blown, full grown, full formed
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big etc. Size
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abdominous, enchymatous, rhipidate
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tumefacient, tumefying.