Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Widen

Widen , transitive verb

To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking.

Widen , intransitive verb

To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.
Arches widen, and long aisles extend. — Pope