'Enlarge' definitions:
Definition of 'enlarge'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make larger; "She enlarged the flower beds"
verb
verb
Become larger or bigger
verb
Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" [syn: elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate] [ant: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten]
Definition of 'Enlarge'
From: GCIDE
- Enlarge \En*large"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enlarged; p. pr. & vb. n. Enlarging.] [OF. enlargier; pref. en- (L. in) + F. large wide. See Large.]
- 1. To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one's house. [1913 Webster]
- To enlarge their possessions of land. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, and the like; as, knowledge enlarges the mind. [1913 Webster]
- O ye Corinthians, our . . . heart is enlarged. --2 Cor. vi. 11. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To set at large or set free. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- It will enlarge us from all restraints. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
- Enlarging hammer, a hammer with a slightly rounded face of large diameter; -- used by gold beaters. --Knight.
- To enlarge an order or To enlarge a rule (Law), to extend the time for complying with it. --Abbott.
- To enlarge one's self, to give free vent to speech; to spread out discourse. "They enlarged themselves on this subject." --Clarendon.
- To enlarge the heart, to make free, liberal, and charitable.
- Syn: To increase; extend; expand; spread; amplify; augment; magnify. See Increase. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Enlarge'
From: GCIDE
- Enlarge \En*large"\, v. i.
- 1. To grow large or larger; to be further extended; to expand; as, a plant enlarges by growth; an estate enlarges by good management; a volume of air enlarges by rarefaction. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate; to dilate. [1913 Webster]
- To enlarge upon this theme. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Naut.) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'enlarge'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- add to,
- agent provocateur,
- aggrandize,
- aggravate,
- amplify,
- annoy,
- augment,
- balloon,
- beef up,
- bloat,
- blow up,
- blueprint,
- boost,
- broaden,
- build,
- build up,
- bulk,
- bulk out,
- complete,
- crescendo,
- deepen,
- descant,
- detail,
- deteriorate,
- develop,
- dilate,
- distend,
- elaborate,
- elongate,
- embitter,
- embroider,
- enhance,
- enlarge upon,
- enter into detail,
- evolve,
- exacerbate,
- exaggerate,
- exalt,
- exasperate,
- expand,
- expatiate,
- explicate,
- expound,
- extend,
- fatten,
- fill out,
- go into,
- greaten,
- grow,
- heat up,
- heighten,
- hike,
- hike up,
- hot up,
- huff,
- increase,
- inflate,
- intensify,
- irritate,
- jack up,
- jump up,
- labor,
- lengthen,
- magnify,
- make acute,
- make worse,
- maximize,
- mount,
- multiply,
- parlay,
- particularize,
- print,
- process,
- provoke,
- puff,
- puff up,
- pump,
- pump up,
- put up,
- pyramid,
- raise,
- rarefy,
- rehearse in extenso,
- relate at large,
- rise,
- sharpen,
- snowball,
- sour,
- spell out,
- spread,
- stretch,
- sufflate,
- supplement,
- swell,
- thicken,
- tumefy,
- unfold,
- up,
- upsurge,
- wax,
- widen,
- work out,
- worsen