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Overview of verb enlarge

      »   The verb enlarge has 4 meanings (first 4 from tagged texts)

• enlarge -- (Make1.) Brand, make -- (a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?")
  
  2.) Shuffle, shuffling, make -- (the act of mixing cards haphazardly)
  
  make larger; "She Enlarged1.) Enlarge -- (make larger; "She enlarged the flower beds")
  
  2.) Blow up, enlarge, magnify -- (make large; "blow up an image")
  
  enlarged the Flower1.) Flower -- (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
  
  2.) Flower, bloom, blossom -- (reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts)
  
  flower beds")

• blow up, enlarge, Magnify1.) Magnify, amplify -- (increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind")
  
  2.) Overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify -- (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery")
  
  magnify -- (Make1.) Brand, make -- (a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?")
  
  2.) Shuffle, shuffling, make -- (the act of mixing cards haphazardly)
  
  make large; "Blow1.) Blow -- (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head")
  
  2.) Blow, bump -- (an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle")
  
  blow up an image")

• enlarge -- (Become1.) Become, go, get -- (enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!")
  
  2.) Become, turn -- (undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor")
  
  become larger or bigger)

• elaborate, Lucubrate1.) Elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate -- (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")
  
  lucubrate, expatiate, Exposit1.) Set forth, expound, exposit -- (state; "set forth one's reasons")
  
  2.) Elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate -- (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")
  
  exposit, enlarge, Flesh1.) Flesh -- (the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat)
  
  2.) Human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh -- (alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak")
  
  flesh out, Expand1.) Expand, spread out -- (extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands")
  
  2.) Expand -- (become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly")
  
  expand, expound, Dilate1.) Dilate, distend -- (become wider; "His pupils were dilated")
  
  2.) Elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate -- (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")
  
  dilate -- (add Details1.) Details, inside information -- (true confidential information; "after the trial he gave us the real details")
  
  1.) Detail, item, point -- (an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information")
  
  details, as to an Account1.) Account, business relationship -- (a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services; "he asked to see the executive who handled his account")
  
  2.) Report, account -- (the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple")
  
  account or Idea1.) Idea, thought -- (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind")
  
  2.) Idea -- (a personal view; "he has an idea that we don't like him")
  
  idea; clarify the Meaning1.) Meaning, significance, signification, import -- (the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous")
  
  2.) Meaning, substance -- (the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?")
  
  meaning of and Discourse1.) Discourse -- (extended verbal expression in speech or writing)
  
  2.) Sermon, discourse, preaching -- (an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service))
  
  discourse in a Learned1.) Learn, larn, acquire -- (gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate")
  
  2.) Learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see -- (get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted")
  
  learned way, Usually1.) Normally, usually, unremarkably, commonly, ordinarily -- (under normal conditions; "usually she was late")
  
  usually in Writing1.) Writing, authorship, composition, penning -- (the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship")
  
  2.) Writing, written material, piece of writing -- (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing")
  
  writing; "She Elaborated1.) Elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate -- (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")
  
  2.) Elaborate -- (produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product; "The bee elaborates honey")
  
  elaborated on the Main1.) Main, briny -- (any very large body of (salt) water)
  
  2.) Main -- (a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage)
  
  main ideas in her dissertation")