widening

widening
1. adjective /ˈwaɪdənɪŋ/
a) Of things that are growing wider.

The widening gap between rich and poor creates social problems.

b) Of things that are separate, with increasing separation.
2. noun /ˈwaɪdənɪŋ/
The action of the verb widen.

She looked up sleepily and asked me what it was, and with the very words I thought she drew in her breath with a widening of the nostrils and seemed to come suddenly and fully alive.


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