Definition of enlarge

verb (v)

• make larger (verb.change)

  Example:
  She enlarged the flower beds.
  

  source: wordnet30
• make large (verb.change)

  Synonym: blow up, magnify
  Antonym: reduce, scale down
  

  source: wordnet30
• become larger or bigger (verb.change)

  source: wordnet30
• add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing (verb.communication)

  Synonym: dilate, elaborate, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate
  Antonym: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• 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. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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