enlarge

verb

1. make larger

   verb.change

   Examples

   She enlarged the flower beds.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. make large

   verb.change

   Synonyms blow up magnify

   Antonyms reduce scale down

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. become larger or bigger

   verb.change

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

   verb.communication

   Synonyms dilate elaborate expand expatiate exposit expound flesh out lucubrate

   Antonyms abbreviate abridge contract cut foreshorten reduce shorten

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is <i>enlarged</i> by nutrition; to <i>enlarge</i> one's house.

   verb

   Source: webster1913

6. To grow large or larger; to be further extended; to expand; as, a plant <i>enlarges</i> by growth; an estate <i>enlarges</i> by good management; a volume of air <i>enlarges</i> by rarefaction.

   verb

   Source: webster1913