"expand" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- A fault line expands horizontally, reaching out across to the jutting cliffs which flank the grand slope.
- Since the area could not expand horizontally, the Jews built vertical additions to their houses, which blocked the sun from reaching the already dank and narrow streets.
- The town has been expanding horizontally mostly adjacent to the main roads.
- Each panel expands horizontally, drawer-like, to reveal more details when clicked.
- The heat of flight would have caused a smooth skin to split or curl, but the corrugated skin could expand vertically and horizontally.
- Expanding horizontally was out of the question, particularly if it involved felling trees.
- Canna rhizomes expand horizontally with near-obscene enthusiasm, so no matter which way you winter yours it will need dividing in spring.
- The high ceilings were designed to allow explosions to rise high before hitting the ceiling and being forced to expand horizontally.
- The stolon is commonly found in bread molds, and are seen as horizontally expanding across the mold.
- This resulted in the city expanding horizontally, unlike other metropolitan cities where vertical growth is prominent.
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