widening

adj

1. (not-comparable)Growing wider or farther apart.

   “The widening gap between rich and poor creates social problems.”

   “Turning and turning in the widening gyre / The falcon cannot hear the falconer; […]”

noun

1. The action of the verb widen.

   “She looked up sleepily and asked me what it was, and with the very words I thought she drew in her breath with a widening of the nostrils and seemed to come suddenly and fully alive.”

   “The widening works include the rebuilding of the skew bridge near Northwood to take four tracks, and to enable the Rickmansworth Road to be widened to 60 ft.; […].”

   “Near the site of the old Kennet Bridge signalbox, a down goods loop has been provided and this necessitated the widening of an embankment and the slewing of the up and down relief lines.”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of widen