expand - make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity
Example:- expand the house by adding another wing
boom, expand, flourish, thrive - grow vigorously
Example:- The deer population in this town is thriving
expand, spread out - extend in one or more directions
Example:- The dough expands
expand, extend - expand the influence of
Example:- The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent
amplify, blow up, expand, inflate - exaggerate or make bigger
Example:- The charges were inflated
expand - become larger in size or volume or quantity
Example:- his business expanded rapidly
dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate - add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
Example:- She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation