Meaning of "lawak"

lawak •

n.
• • area

adj.
• • malawak (ma-) vast, very spacious

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spread

v.
• • 1. to stretch out, open out: umunat, iunat, magbuka, ibuka
  • 2. to extend, lie: maglatag, lumatag, ilatag, malatag, latagan
  • 3. to cover with a thin layer: magpahid, pahiran
  • 4. to put on in a thin layer: ipahid
  • 5. to scatter, distribute: magkalat, kumalat, ikalat, magpalaganap, lumaganap, palaganapin
  • 6. to move farther apart: magbuka, ibuka
  • 7. to set a table for a meal: maghanda ng mesa, ihanda ang mesa, maghain
  • 8. to spread oneself means to try to make a good impression: magpasikat
  • 9. to display ones abilities fully: magpakita (magpamalas) ng kakayahan
  • 10. to brag: maghambog, magmagaling
  • 11. to spread something in the sun to dry, e.g., rice, clothes, etc.: magbilad, ibilad

n.
• • 1. width: lapad
  • 2. extent: lawak, saklaw
  • 3. covering for a bed: kubrekama
  • 4. covering for a table: mantel
  • 5. something to spread on bread, etc.: pamahid
  • 6. food put on the table, a feast: hain, pagkaing nakahain, handa, bangkete

stretch

v.
• • 1. to draw out, to extend: magbuka, ibuka, mag-unat, iunat, magbanat, banatin
  • 2. to extend ones body or limbs: mag-inat, uminat, dumipa, idipa
  • 3. to reach out, to hold out: mag-abot, umabot, iabot, abutin, dumukwang, idukwang, dukwangin
  • 4. to draw tight, to strain: magbanat, mabanat, banatin
  • 5. to draw out to greater length or size: bumanat, mabanat, banatin, humatak, mahatak, hatakin
  • 6. to continue over a distance, to extend from one place to another, to fill space, to spread: umabot, paabutin
  • 7. to stretch the arm in order to get something: dumukwang
  • 8. to exaggerate (coll.): magpalabis, palabisin, magpasobra, pasobrahin
  • 9. to enlarge: magpalaki, palakihin

n.
• • 1. unbroken length: haba, kahabaan
  • 2. extent: lawak, kalawakan, lapad, kalaparan

area

n.
• • 1. district: purok
  • 2. a region: pook
  • 3. extent: laki, lawak
  • 4. the size or measurement: laki, sukat
  • 5. part: bahagi
  • 6. area of specialization: larangan

reach

v.
• • 1. to get to, to arrive at, to come to: dumating, sumapit, masapit, sapitin
  • 2. to hold out in order to be taken, to give or pass by handing: mag-abot, abutan, iabot
  • 3. to stretch, to extend: umabot, makaabot, paabutin
  • 4. to touch, to put a hand on: maabot, makaabot
  • 5. to amount to, be equal to: umabot, abutin

n.
• • 1. range, power, capacity: abot, kaya, kakayahan, kapasidad
  • 2. the extent or distance of reaching: abot
  • 3. a long stretch or extent: lawak, kalawakan

sweep

v.
• • 1. to clean or clear a floor, etc. with a broom, to brush: magwalis, walisan
  • 2. to remove with a sweeping motion, carry along: tumangay, matangay, tangayin

n.
• • a stretch, continuous extent: lawak, kalawakan