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Crossword Answers

4 letters

GROW
Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here"

BOOM
Make a resonant sound, like artillery; "His deep voice boomed through the hall"

5 letters

ADDON
Add to the very end; "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language"

SWELL
A crescendo followed by a decrescendo

WIDEN
Become broader or wider or more extensive; "The road widened"

SPLAY
An outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger

ADDTO
Have an increased effect; "This adds to my worries"

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SPREAD
Move outward; "The soldiers fanned out"

EXTEND
Continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"

BLOWUP
Burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded"

DILATE
Become wider; "His pupils were dilated"

THRIVE
Make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance; "The new student is thriving"

7 letters

BROADEN
Become broader; "The road broadened"

AMPLIFY
To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

INFLATE
Become inflated; "The sails ballooned"

STRETCH
Increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice"

ADDONTO

ENLARGE
Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

DISTEND
Swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows"

EXPOSIT
State; "set forth one's reasons"

EXPOUND
State; "set forth one's reasons"

OPENOUT

8 letters

INCREASE
The act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary"

FLESHOUT
Make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"

LENGTHEN
Become long or longer; "In Spring, the days lengthen"

FLOURISH
A display of ornamental speech or language

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SPREADOUT
Move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";

BRANCHOUT
Vary in order to spread risk or to expand; "The company diversified"

LUCUBRATE
Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

ELABORATE
Marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern"

EXPATIATE
Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"