The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word EXPANDS
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result EXPANDS
- . Puffs out old cushions with new filling
- Grows old, returning to sleep with dreams on vacation
- Spandex is designed for stretches
- Old vessel, extremely dangerous, blows up
- Increases sex romps involving tailless endangered species
- Grows old with Penny and Bob
- Grows old facing extremes of pennilessness
- Old pots containing many balloons
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What does EXPANDS mean?
EXPANDS verb- To change (something) from a smaller form and/or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.
- To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
- To express (something) at length and/or in detail.
- To rewrite (an expression) as a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms.
- (of an expression) To become, by rewriting, a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms.
- To multiply both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same natural number yielding a fraction of equal value
- To change from a smaller form/size to a larger one.
- To increase in extent, number, volume or scope.
- To speak or write at length or in detail.
- To feel generous or optimistic.