Expanses - English meaning

noun

A region or part of a town, a country, or the world.

Usage examples:

Rural areas of britain

noun

A part of the earth’s surface of land and water, or a particular part of a country, city, town, etc.

Usage examples:

An industrial/suburban/mountainous area, this area of the brain is called the cerebral cortex., his…

noun

A particular part of a place, piece of land, or country

Usage examples:

This is an area of the city where 48% of the properties are rental properties., our goal is to grow…

noun

A strip of leather or other material worn, typically round the waist, to support or hold in clothes or to carry weapons.

Usage examples:

He tightened his leather belt an extra notch

verb

Fasten with a belt.

Usage examples:

She belted her raincoat firmly

noun

A strip of leather or other material worn around the waist

Usage examples:

A black leather belt, the corn belt (= area known for growing corn), he belted the ball out of the …

noun

A large piece of woollen or similar material used as a covering on a bed or elsewhere for warmth.

Usage examples:

I slept on the ground covered by my blanket

adjective

Covering all cases or instances; total and inclusive.

Usage examples:

A blanket ban on tobacco advertising

verb

Cover completely with a thick layer of something.

Usage examples:

The countryside was blanketed in snow

noun

The distance or measurement from side to side of something; width.

Usage examples:

The boat measured 27 feet in breadth

noun

The distance from one side of an object to the opposite side, esp. when it is shorter than the distance between the object’s other two sides

Usage examples:

The length of this box is twice its breadth., the breadth of his knowledge of history was impressive.

noun

A floor covering made from thick woven fabric.

Usage examples:

The house has fitted carpets throughout

verb

Cover with carpet.

Usage examples:

The stairs were carpeted in a lovely shade of red

noun

Thick, woven material for covering floors, or a piece of this material

noun

The area covered by something.

Usage examples:

An enclosure ten acres in extent

noun

The area, length, or size of something

Usage examples:

Approaching the airport, you could see the full extent of the island., to some extent it was my fau…

noun

An area of open land, especially one planted with crops or pasture, typically bounded by hedges or fences.

Usage examples:

A wheat field

verb

Attempt to catch or stop the ball and return it after it has been hit by the batter, thereby preventing runs being scored or base runners advancing.

Usage examples:

First, he took his eyes off the ball while fielding at short leg, and failed to notice that sarwan …

adjective

Attempt to catch or stop the ball and return it after it has been hit by the batsman or batter, thereby preventing runs being scored or base runners advancing.

adjective

Not decorated or elaborate; simple or basic in character.

Usage examples:

Good plain food

adverb

Used for emphasis.

Usage examples:

Perhaps the youth was just plain stupid

noun

A large area of flat land with few trees.

Usage examples:

The coastal plain

noun

The area of variation between upper and lower limits on a particular scale.

Usage examples:

The cost will be in the range of $1–5 million a day

verb

Vary or extend between specified limits.

Usage examples:

Prices range from £30 to £100

adjective

(of a person or their lifestyle) orderly; settled.

Usage examples:

It's possible to be too rangé

verb

Stretch out an arm in a specified direction in order to touch or grasp something.

Usage examples:

He reached over and turned off his bedside light

noun

An act of reaching out with one's arm.

Usage examples:

She made a reach for him

noun

An area, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.

Usage examples:

The equatorial regions

noun

A particular area or part of a state, country, or the earth’s surface

Usage examples:

Wheat is the major crop of this region., he’s complaining of pain in the lower abdominal region., a…

noun

A particular area or part of the world, or one of the areas into which a country is divided

Usage examples:

The less-developed regions of the world, coastal regions of the country have much better infrastruc…

noun

The expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its land masses.

Usage examples:

A ban on dumping radioactive wastes in the sea

abbreviation

Short for single european act.

noun

A large area of salt water that is partly or completely surrounded by land, or the salt water that covers most of the surface of the earth

Usage examples:

[ c ] the caribbean/mediterranean sea, [ c ] the seas are filled with creatures we know nothing abo…

noun

A large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric, used on a bed to cover the mattress and as a layer beneath blankets when these are used.

Usage examples:

Sleeping blankets and covers, sheets and quilts have been made - with the children's assistance.

verb

Cover with or wrap in a sheet of cloth.

Usage examples:

Lorry drivers don't sheet their loads

verb

Make a sail more or less taut.

Usage examples:

Notice also how he is sheeting in the sail

noun

A continuous area or expanse which is free, available, or unoccupied.

Usage examples:

A table took up much of the space

verb

Position (two or more items) at a distance from one another.

Usage examples:

The poles are spaced 3m apart

noun

An empty place

Usage examples:

[ c ] a parking/storage space, [ u ] he was staring into space, seeing nothing., [ c ] out west the…

verb

Open out (something) so as to extend its surface area, width, or length.

Usage examples:

I spread a towel on the sand and sat down

noun

The fact or process of spreading over an area.

Usage examples:

Warmer temperatures could help reduce the spread of the disease

verb

Distribute or disperse widely

verb

(of something soft or elastic) be made or be capable of being made longer or wider without tearing or breaking.

Usage examples:

My jumper stretched in the wash

noun

An act of stretching one's limbs or body.

Usage examples:

I got up and had a stretch

verb

To reach across a distance or become longer or wider, or to cause something to do this

Usage examples:

[ i ] rubber stretches when you pull it., [ t ] the banner was stretched across the street., [ m ] …

noun

A broad strip or area of something.

Usage examples:

Vast swathes of countryside

verb

Wrap in several layers of fabric.

Usage examples:

His hands were swathed in bandages

noun

A piece or strip of material in which something is wrapped.

Usage examples:

They wrapped the body inside a canvas swathe

verb

Clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter.

Usage examples:

I've swept the floor

noun

An act of sweeping something with a brush.

Usage examples:

I was giving the floor a quick sweep

noun

An area of land, typically a large one.

Usage examples:

Large tracts of natural forest

noun

A short treatise in pamphlet form, typically on a religious subject.

Usage examples:

I think we all have come across religious tracts in our lives - little pamphlets that are often han…

noun

(in the roman catholic church) an anthem of scriptural verses formerly replacing the alleluia in certain penitential and requiem masses.

Usage examples:

Uses of this format, known as responsorial psalmody, include the prokeimenon and alleluiarion of th…

noun

Very great extent or size; immensity.

Usage examples:

The vastness of the atlantic ocean

noun

The quality of being extremely big

Usage examples:

The vastness of the universe