While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Expand crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on February 17 2024 USA Today Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Expand has a total of 5 letters.

Rank	Answer	Clue	Publisher
99%	SWELL	Expand	USA Today
20%	GROWINGPAINS	Expanding company's struggles or the progression formed by the ends of 19- 24- 36- 45- and 51-Across?	Universal
20%	ADDTO	Expand upon	Newsday
20%	ADDSTO	Expands upon	LA Times
20%	YEAST	What causes dough to expand and rise	New York Times
20%	UPSIZING	Expanding as a business	Universal

Definition

•	To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation.
•	To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish.
•	To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves.
•	To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride.
•	To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell.
•	To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style.
•	To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle.
•	To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
•	To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand.
•	To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added, swell to a great amount.
•	To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big.
•	To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the population.
•	To aggravate; to heighten.
•	To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness.
•	To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the sound of a note.
•	The act of swelling.
•	Gradual increase.
•	Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance.
•	Increase in height; elevation; rise.
•	Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound.
•	Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
•	A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells.
•	A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor.
•	A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally indicated by the sign.
•	A showy, dashing person; a dandy.
•	Having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell person; a swell neighborhood.

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