adjective. increased in extent or size or bulk or scope. Opposite of contracted.

adjective. wider than usual for a particular height; -- of printers' type. Contrasted with condensed.

verb. Simple past tense and past participle of expand.

adjective. increased in extent or size or bulk or scope

"Tin Pan Alley first referred to NYC's 28th Street, home of a number of song publishers, but the term expanded to cover any places where songwriters toiled to produce tomorrow's hits."

banded  branded  candid  commanded  demanded  

accelerated  aggrandized  ampliate  amplified  augmented  

expand