expand -
v. 1 tr. & intr. increase in size or bulk or importance.
2 intr. (often foll. by on) give a fuller description or account.
3 intr. become more genial or effusive; discard one's reserve.
4 tr. set or write out in full (something condensed or abbreviated).
5 tr. & intr. spread out
flat.
expanded metal sheet metal slit and stretched into a mesh, used to reinforce concrete and other brittle materials.
expandable adj. expander n. expansible adj. expansibility n. [ME f. L expandere expans- spread out (as EX-(1), pandere spread)]
