- tulla laajemmaksi
We'll need to enlarge our budget if we want to include the helicopter ride in our holiday.
Taivutus| Present | enlarge, enlarges, enlarging |
| Past | enlarged |
| Past part. | enlarged |
- tulla laajemmaksi
You can expand this compact umbrella to cover a large table.
Taivutus| Present | expand, expands, expanding |
| Past | expanded |
| Past part. | expanded |
- tulla laajemmaksi
Travel broadens the mind.
Taivutus| Present | broaden, broadens, broadening |
| Past | broadened |
| Past part. | broadened |
- to become wider
His eyes widened as her negligee fell to the floor.
Taivutus| Present | widen, widens, widening |
| Past | widened |
| Past part. | widened |
- (intransitive) To increase in extent
The desert extended for miles in all directions.
Taivutus| Present | extend, extends, extending |
| Past | extended |
| Past part. | extended |
- (transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger
The eye doctor put drops in my eye to dilate the pupil so he could see the nerve better.
Taivutus| Present | dilate, dilates, dilating |
| Past | dilated |
| Past part. | dilated |
- (intransitive) To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell
Taivutus| Present | distend, distends, distending |
| Past | distended |
| Past part. | distended |
- (nonstandard, usually, jocular, ergative) To enlarge; to make or become bigger
Taivutus| Present | embiggen, embiggens, embiggening |
| Past | embiggened |
| Past part. | embiggened |