The verb for expansion is expand.
Other verbs are expands, expanding and expanded.
"We will expand the empire".
"Her horizons were expanding".
"His education has expanded his knowledge".
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No, it is an adjective. It means bare or desolate (e.g. a bleak expanse of snow and ice)
The homonyms for "expanse of salt water" are "sea" and "see." While "sea" refers to a large body of salt water, "see" is the verb meaning to perceive with the eyes. Both words sound the same but have different meanings and spellings.
Yes, it is. It is related to the verb expand and the noun expansion, but it is most often used to mean effusive (talkative) or grand in scale (covering an expanse).
The word "spread" can be a verb or a noun, depending on how it is used in a sentence. As a verb, it refers to the act of extending or dispersing over an area. As a noun, it can refer to the act of spreading something or the extent or expanse of something.
The expanse of the desert stretched for miles.
The Expanse was created on 2003-05-21.
The Atlantic Ocean is a wide expanse.
No. Expand is to grow bigger and Expanse is the amount of money you spend. Expanse can relate to the word expansive.
I was silenced by the vast expanse of the night sky.
there was an expanse between waters to separate water from water. God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it.And it was so. God called the expanse "sky" And there were evening, and there were morning.
http://www.answers.com/topic/expanse I also like the words "cataract" and "narrows" because they are geographic terms, and evoke the opposite impression of a geographic "expanse".