WIDEN
What does "WIDEN" mean?
To make or become wider; to increase in breadth or extent.
Meanings
- To make something broader from side to side. The city plans to widen the highway to ease traffic.
- To become broader or larger in extent or scope. Her eyes widened in surprise at the news.
- To increase the range or reach of something abstract. Travel widens your understanding of other cultures. figurative
Word origin
Formed in English from the adjective 'wide' (Old English 'wid', meaning 'spacious, broad') plus the verb-forming suffix '-en', which turns an adjective into 'to make or become'.
Remember it
WIDE + N: add an N to 'wide' and the road itself gets longer and broader.
A little poem
Two lanes become four-
the river of taillights swells
yet never moves faster.
haiku
Wordplay
- They widened the road to fix the jams, and somehow the jams got wider too.
What it teaches
Widening the path invites more travelers, not faster ones; capacity is not the same as freedom.
Quick facts
What does WIDEN mean?
To make or become wider; to increase in breadth or extent.
Is WIDEN a valid word?
Yes — WIDEN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is WIDEN?
WIDEN has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does WIDEN come from?
Formed in English from the adjective 'wide' (Old English 'wid', meaning 'spacious, broad') plus the verb-forming suffix '-en', which turns an adjective into 'to make or become'.
What can WIDEN teach us?
Widening the path invites more travelers, not faster ones; capacity is not the same as freedom.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.