<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals.</li><li>He hopes to expand his company.</li><li>to spread or stretch out; unfold: A bird expands its wings.</li><li>to express in fuller form or greater detail; develop: to expand a short story into a novel.</li><li>to write (a mathematical expression) so as to show the products of its factors.</li><li>to rewrite (a mathematical expression) as a sum, product, etc., of terms of a particular kind: to expand a function in a power series.</li><li>to increase or grow in extent, bulk, scope, etc.: Most metals expand with heat.</li><li>The mind expands with experience.</li><li>to spread out; unfold; develop: The buds had not yet expanded.</li><li>to express something more fully or in greater detail (usually followed by on or upon): to expand on a statement.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>