Expand

Definition

expand /Çk'spænd/ v ၁။ ~ (sth) (into sth) ႀကီးလာ၊ က်ယ္လာ၊ ကားလာ၊ ျပန္႔လာသည္။ ယင္းသို႔ျဖစ္ေစသည္။ ဆန္႔သည္။ စန္႔ သည္။ တိုးခ်ဲ႕သည္။ Metals expand when they are heated. ❍ A tyre expands when you pump air into it. ❍ His modest business eventually expanded into a supermarket empire. ❍ We have greatly expanded our foreign trade in recent years. ❍ Why don't you expand your story into a novel? ၂။ ပြင့္ကားသည္။ ျပန္႔ကားသည္။ The petals of the flowers expanded in the sunshine. ❍ His face expanded in a smile of welcome. Compare CONTRACT v ၅(ခ) ၃။ ရင္းရင္းႏီွးႏီွးျဖစ္လာသည္။ ေလေပး ေျဖာင့္လာ သည္။ She expanded considerably after a glass or two of wine. ❏ expand on sth [ PHRV ] ထပ္ရွင္းသည္။ You mentioned the need for extra funding. Could you expand on that?

Examples

1. The water froze inside the pipe
2. causing it to expand and burst.
3. We live in an expanding universe.
4. We plan to expand the pub by adding a family room.
5. Britain’s universities expanded at an unprecedented rate at the end of the 20th century.
6. The rapidly expanding IT sector
7. [expand into] : The group has expanded into Germany.
8. The EU could be expanded to include former communist countries.
9. [expand on/upon] : I refuse to expand any further on my earlier statement.
10. The hawk expanded its wings and soared into the sky.