'Enlarged' definitions:
Definition of 'enlarged'
(from WordNet)
adjective
(of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells; "hypertrophied myocardial fibers" [syn: hypertrophied, enlarged] [ant: atrophied, diminished, wasted]
adjective
As of a photograph; made larger; "the enlarged photograph revealed many details" [syn: blown-up, enlarged]
adjective
Larger than normal; "enlarged joints"
adjective
Enlarged to an abnormal degree; "thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes" [syn: exaggerated, magnified, enlarged]
Definition of 'Enlarged'
From: GCIDE
- Enlarged \En*larged"\, a. Made large or larger; extended; swollen. -- {En*lar"ged*ly}, adv. -- {En*lar"ged*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Enlarged'
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]
Synonyms of 'enlarged'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accelerated,
- aggrandized,
- aggravated,
- ampliate,
- amplified,
- annoyed,
- augmented,
- beefed-up,
- bloated,
- boosted,
- broadened,
- built-up,
- crescendoed,
- deepened,
- deliberately provoked,
- elevated,
- embittered,
- enhanced,
- exacerbated,
- exasperated,
- expanded,
- extended,
- heated up,
- heightened,
- hiked,
- hotted up,
- increased,
- inflated,
- intensified,
- irritated,
- jazzed up,
- magnified,
- multiplied,
- proliferated,
- provoked,
- raised,
- reinforced,
- soured,
- spread,
- stiffened,
- strengthened,
- swollen,
- tightened,
- upped,
- widened,
- worse,
- worsened