Verb (used with object) : Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company. ,A bird expands its wings. ,to expand a short story into a novel. ,to expand a function in a power series.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used without object) : Most metals expand with heat. The mind expands with experience. ,The buds had not yet expanded. ,to expand on a statement.    From Dictionary.com. 

FOREMAN: The Governor is saying no to money for what she calls expanding unemployment benefits, immunization, senior care and more.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 22, 2009] Reference

And they had a big hand in expanding these programs.    From Wordnik.com.  [RNC members draft new 'socialist' resolution] Reference

And what a help in expanding one's French vocabulary.    From Wordnik.com.  [agrafer - French Word-A-Day] Reference

Such variety is useful in expanding reading boundaries.    From Wordnik.com.  [REVIEW: Interzone #224] Reference

What "word" has appeal, as a partner in expanding your game?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Cara Barker: Are You Living a Life Too Small?] Reference

All the fuss has been in expanding that bloc into a definite victory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » CQ Study Shows Obama’s Legislative Strategy is Working] Reference

Or in expanding your staff numbers in a fit of irrational exuberance.    From Wordnik.com.  [notes from the peanut gallery] Reference

It is, in short, expanding at a truly epic rate...and that's where you come in.    From Wordnik.com.  [seanan_mcguire: Website improvements are in process!] Reference

The GOP has been a leader in expanding opportunities for savings and investment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » What Part of “Obstruction of Justice” Don’t You Understand?] Reference

Where I am allowed considerable leeway is in expanding situations and characters.    From Wordnik.com.  [SF Signal Gang-Interviews Alan Dean Foster] Reference

Now, if for some reason you are interested in expanding your brain - click this link!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shrink Your Brain in 8 Easy Steps] Reference

How much of our productive capacity should be used in expanding our petroleum industry?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Preparedness and the Canadian Economy] Reference

If we don't advance a decent society, what is the point in expanding it off the planet?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bush Says No to Space Cooperation With China - Update - NASA Watch] Reference

There's still more that we can do in expanding our role to managing systems availability.    From Wordnik.com.  [Emerging Trends in Information Technology] Reference

Some environmental groups, however, say stopping plantations from expanding is unrealistic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Businesses Warm to Indonesia's Moratorium on Forest Clearing] Reference

The Commonwealth has a great part to play in expanding and holding together the free world.    From Wordnik.com.  [Canada and the Colombo Plan] Reference

But still I kept confronting difficulties in expanding the program through the existing banks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Muhammad Yunus - Nobel Lecture] Reference

The Times's only guarantee of its future lies in expanding its commercial and journalistic reach.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Times] Reference

German officials were eager to render the YMCA every possible assistance in expanding the WPA program. 47.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I] Reference

Not only that, but Alito also believes in expanding police powers to conduct unauthorized strip searches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Samuel Alito’s America] Reference

You are failing to recognize the bad faith implicit in expanding settlements while purporting to seek peace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Israeli Officials Think Road to Peace Runs Through Teheran] Reference

He isn't interested in expanding access to technology for activists if he can't take credit for their ideas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Your Right Hand Thief] Reference

Apparently they've got a year round occupancy rate of 90% and they're interested in expanding through franchising.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hot-desking nomads found in Dublin] Reference

Fujitsu are to invest 5800 million in expanding their existing micro-electronics plant in the North East of England.    From Wordnik.com.  [Britain's Economic Performance] Reference

Historically, however, our nation's investments in expanding access to higher education have paid off many times over.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tuition Crunch] Reference

Mr Pocock touched on one aspect of them but the media does not seem interested in expanding on them or adding to them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Are we a nation of mummy's boys?] Reference

And the fabulous nutbar Regan would begin expanding her entertainment tentacles into a mini-television production empire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference

Their work has been instrumental in expanding the applicability of mechanism design theory to a wider variety of situations.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nobel Prize in Economics 2007 - Speed Read] Reference

It is important that the industrial world and the OPEC nations recognize their common interest in expanding total world demand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Collective Bargaining in the Wake of the Coal Strike] Reference

I said at that time that we had been dilatory in expanding our news coverage of Canada and that their presence promised a reform.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Address by Raymond Daniell and Tania Long] Reference

New, emerging, and established filmmakers interested in expanding their industry and community contacts are encouraged to attend.    From Wordnik.com.  [Los Angeles Film Festival 2007] Reference

If you have any interest at all in expanding your SF horizons outside of the English realm, pick up The Lord Of The Sands Of Time.    From Wordnik.com.  [REVIEW: The Lord Of The Sands Of Time by Issui Ogawa] Reference

Since the two countries established diplomatic relations 22 years ago, we have come a long way in expanding good bilateral relations.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Current Economic Situation in China and Opportunities for Canada] Reference

Continental Airlines has announced its intention to invest 350 million dollars in expanding its flights to Mexico, beginning next year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lloyd Mexico Economic Report - November 2000] Reference

The ABA has an interest in expanding the number of lower-tier law schools because it provides a market for employment of law professors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Too Many Lawyers, But Also Too Many Cartels] Reference

Vitro, the Monterrey-based glass manufacturer, is investing 40 million dollars this year in expanding its production of automotive glass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lloyd Mexico Economic Report - July 2000] Reference

Throughout the '60s and into the early' 70s, the Red Cross seemed to be proceeding well in expanding humanitarian work all over the world.    From Wordnik.com.  [Red Cross at the Crossroads] Reference