Antonyms for widening
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : wahyd-n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwaɪd n |
Definition of widening
Origin :- c.1600, from wide + -en (1). Related: Widened; widening.
- verb open up
- From right to left his eager glance swept the river's widening reach.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- We now came to a widening of the river where it spread out into a small lake.
- Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
- There was no sea, and she sent long, widening ripples from each side of her bow.
- Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Ever widening was the water, and now it stretched from bank to bank.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
- Steve, beneath the swamp magnolia, had a widening of the lips.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- No one might tell what lay around the next bend of our widening waterway.
- Extract from : « The Lady and the Pirate » by Emerson Hough
- The large canoe was very near, but the gap between it and the steamer was widening.
- Extract from : « Lost Face » by Jack London
- By contrast, the widening circle about it seemed subdued and orderly.
- Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
- The area of topics introduced in the pulpit is widening, I think.
- Extract from : « The Preacher and His Models » by James Stalker
- At Bloomville at ¼ past 4; the last seven miles the valley has been widening.
- Extract from : « A Journey to America in 1834 » by Robert Heywood
Synonyms for widening
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