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(v)
(transitive) To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
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(intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.
(idiomatic, transitive) To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure, or skeleton.
(adj)
Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
(transitive) To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length.
To write or speak at length; to be copious in argument or discussion.
(transitive) To make (something) larger or more important.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, up.
(n)
An act or instance of making something larger.
(transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense.
(transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
(ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
(intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
(transitive) To make wide or wider.
The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length, breadth, or time; an increase.
(intransitive) To become broad or broader.
The act of becoming broader.
The action of the verb widen.
On the increase.
(transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement.
(transitive) To make longer, to extend the length of.
Stretched out or pulled out; expanded.
(transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
(transitive) To lengthen by pulling.
(transitive) To make as large as possible.
(transitive) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify.
(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
To augment or make something greater.
(transitive) To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components.
(transitive) To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
(transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
(transitive, by extension) To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve; to assist in overcoming obstacles.
(transitive) To make deep or deeper
(transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
To move fast with a humming noise.
(transitive) To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.).
(by extension) To make (any bad thing) worse.
(intransitive) To become worse; to get worse.
An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude.
An act, process, or instance of expanding.
A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.
large or big relative to something else
increased in extent or size or bulk or scope
Having a large physical extent from side to side.
increasing in area or volume or bulk or range
To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.
(transitive) To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth (applied to persons, countries, etc.).
(intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
(transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
(ambitransitive) To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.
(transitive) To make larger or more numerous.
(transitive) To increase the amount, degree or number of (something).
(intransitive) To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell
(nonstandard) To enlarge.
Archaic spelling of enlarge. [(transitive) To make (something) larger.]
A surname.
(nonstandard, usually humorous, ergative) To enlarge; to make or become bigger.
(transitive, informal) To make big; to enlarge.
(transitive) To make great; magnify; enlarge; increase.
The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.
Alternative form of reenlarge. [To enlarge again.]
(nonstandard, informal, transitive) To enlarge or make bigger
Archaic form of aggrandize. [(transitive) To make great; to enlarge; to increase.]
Misspelling of aggrandize. [(transitive) To make great; to enlarge; to increase.]
(nonstandard, rare) To make or become bigger.
(transitive) To make giant or gigantic; to increase to huge proportions.
(transitive) To cause to gain weight by means of feeding.
Misspelling of dilate. [(transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger.]
(ambitransitive, rare, nonstandard) To increase in width, or increase the width of; make or become wider or broader
(transitive) To make (someone or something) rich or richer. [from 14th c.]
(US, of a place) Expensive and designed to appeal to affluent consumers.
(transitive) To magnify the greatness of (someone or something); to exalt.
To magnify or extol.
(transitive) To magnify again.
(transitive) To enrich; to make richer.
Elongated, extended, lengthened; (especially biology) having a long and slender form.
The act of gaining; acquisition.
(ambitransitive) To make or become gross (all senses).
To dilate again or further
(intransitive) To manipulate a display (such as a computer screen) so as to make the image larger.
(countable) A shine of something which has been polished; a lustre, a polish.
(obsolete or nonstandard, rare) To amplify.
Obsolete spelling of increase. [An amount by which a quantity is increased.]
(intransitive) To reveal oneself; to share personal information about oneself; to become communicative.
To increase the size of something whilst maintaining proportion.
(transitive) To make, or treat as, gigantic.
(transitive) To make higher; to raise or increase in amount or quantity.
(ambitransitive) To lengthen: to render or become longer.
(chiefly Early Modern, obsolete) To increase.
(transitive) To double, especially to double again; to increase considerably; to multiply; to intensify.
(transitive) To raise (something) to a higher position.
(transitive) To enlarge by extension of territory.
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of aggrandize. [(transitive) To make great; to enlarge; to increase.]