<def-root>An <fen>Item</fen> changes its physical size. The <fen>Size_change</fen> of an <fen>Item</fen> may be explicitly indicated or characterized in terms of <fen>Initial_size</fen> and/or <fen>Result_size</fen>. In the default case, expansion is along all dimensions, but sometimes the <fen>Dimension</fen> of expansion is incorporated or made explicit.
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This frame does not specify whether the <fen>Item</fen> gains mass or substance along with the change in size, and thus includes words that specify an increase in substance (grow.v) along with those that deny an increase in substance (stretch.v) and those that are unspecified (expand.v).
<ex><fex name="Item">The pile of leaves</fex> had <t>shrunk</t> <fex name="Size_change">by about half</fex> <fex name="Time">after the first haul</fex>.</ex>
<ex><fex name="Item">The jeans</fex> <t>stretched</t> <fex name="Size_change">a little</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the <fen>Item</fen> whose size changes.
<ex><fex name="Item">Joan's new sweater</fex> <t>shrank</t> to a size that might fit a doll.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>Change of size may be limited to or described in terms of a single <fen>Dimension</fen>.
<ex>The wall <t>grew</t> <fex name="Dim">in height</fex>.</ex>
<ex>The piglet had <t>grown</t> 6 inches <fex name="Dim">in length</fex>.</ex> </def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the <fen>Group</fen> in which an <fen>Item</fen> changes size.
<ex>Tails <t>lengthened</t> 10% <fex name="Group">among rats more than 3 days old</fex>.</ex>
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<def-root><fen>Initial_size</fen> is used for the size of the <t>Item</t> before any change occurs. It is rarely expressed without <fen>Result_size</fen> also being explicit. <fen>Initial_size</fen> generally occurs in a PP-<ment>from</ment> Complement.
<ex>The glacier <t>shrank</t> <fex name="Initial_size">from 1km square</fex> to 400 square meters.</ex></def-root>
<def-root><fen>Result_size</fen> is the size that the <fen>Item</fen> has after the event. It is typically expressed in a PP Complement headed by <ment>to</ment>.
<ex>The trees <t>grow</t> <fex name="Result_size">to 25 feet</fex>.</ex> </def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the <fen>Size_change</fen> of an <fen>Item</fen>.
<ex>A <fex name="Size_change">2-3cm</fex> <t>expansion</t> in width is required.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the <fen>Rate</fen> of change of the value.
<ex>The balloon <t>inflates</t> <fex name="Rate">about 2 cubic cm a minute</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the <fen>Duration</fen> of time that the expansion takes.
<ex>The piglet had <t>grown</t> 6 inches <fex name="Dur">over two months</fex>.</ex> </def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the <fen>Time</fen> when the expansion occurs.</def-root>
<def-root><fen>Co_variable</fen> is the quantity that varies commensurately with the size of the <fen>Item</fen>, usually construed to be causally linked to the size.
<ex>The snake's belly <t>expanded</t> <fex name="Co_variable">with each mouse it ate</fex>.</ex> </def-root>
<def-root>This FE is used for any description of the <fen>Manner</fen> of the expansion including force (<ment>hard, softly</ment>), secondary effects (<ment>quietly, loudly</ment>), and general descriptions comparing events (<ment>the same way</ment>).
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<def-root>This FE identifies the <fen>Degree</fen> to which the expansion occurs.
<ex>Joan's new sweater had <t>shrunk</t> <fex name="Deg">completely</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root><fen>Path</fen> is used for any expression that gives information about points on the scale of size that the <fen>Item</fen> traverses between the starting and ending point of its movement.
<ex>The muscle tissue <t>contracts</t> <fex name="Path">down</fex> to less than half its original length.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>Where the Iteam ends up due to Expansion.</def-root>
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COD: decrease in size, number, or range.
FN: the process of an entity becoming smaller.
FN: become larger.
FN: become wider, larger, or more open.
COD: the action or state of enlarging or being enlarged.
FN: to become larger in any dimension
COD: become or make smaller in size or amount; contract
COD: be made or be able to be made longer or wider without tearing or breaking.
FN: increase in size
FN: increase in size lengthwise
FN: the act of growing larger
FN: expand because of being filled with air or gas
COD: become larger or rounder in size, especially as a result of an accumulation of fluid.
COD: (of an increase) sudden and dramatic.
FN: Expansion without loss of initial area.
FN: a change in size of an entity particularly in a particular direction.