broaden

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To make something wider or to cover more things.

   Travelling abroad really helped to broaden my knowledge of other cultures.

2. 2
   verb

   To become wider or to cover more things.

   The road broadened as we left the city.

Perhaps a topographic surname for someone who lived in a broad valley, from Old English brād (“broad”) + dene (“valley”). Alternatively, it could be a variant of the surname Braden.

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