becoming, or capable of becoming, greater in extent, volume, size, or scope
a rapidly expanding industry
a watch with an expanding bracelet
ring binders, clipboards, and expanding files
Examples of 'expanding' in a sentence
expanding
Her senses sharpened, pupils expanding, nostrils keen to the scent of aniseed.
Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2001)
Many of them finished up in the expanding favelas that had sprung up in Brazil's cities.
Tony Juniper SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRD (2001)
All related terms of 'expanding'
expand
If something expands or is expanded , it becomes larger.
mind-expanding
(of a drug such as LSD ) causing a sensation of heightened consciousness; psychedelic
expanding universe
a representation of the universe , based on the observed redshifts of distant galaxies , in which the galaxies are assumed to be receding from each other at a speed proportional to their separation as a result of the expansion of the universe
expand on
If you expand on or expand upon something, you give more information or details about it when you write or talk about it.
expanding universe theory
the theory, developed from the observed red shifts of celestial bodies, that the space between galaxies is expanding , so that they appear to recede from us at velocities that increase with their distance
expand a sector
A particular sector of a country's economy is the part connected with that specified type of industry.
population expands
If you refer to a particular type of population in a country or area, you are referring to all the people or animals of that type there.
BLEVE
A BLEVE is an explosion caused by a liquid which is boiling and continuing to produce a flammable vapor.