Dictionary entry details
• ENLARGE (verb)
Meaning:
Make larger
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
She enlarged the flower beds
Hypernyms (to "enlarge" is one way to...):
increase (make bigger or more)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enlarge"):
expand (make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity)
ream (enlarge with a reamer)
deepen (make deeper)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They enlarge their earnings this year
Meaning:
Make large
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
blow up; enlarge; magnify
Context example:
blow up an image
Hypernyms (to "enlarge" is one way to...):
increase (make bigger or more)
Domain category:
photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Become larger or bigger
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "enlarge" is one way to...):
grow (become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enlarge"):
amplify; magnify (increase in size, volume or significance)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
Their earnings enlarge this year
Meaning:
Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
expound; expatiate; lucubrate; elaborate; exposit; dilate; flesh out; enlarge; expand
Context example:
She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
Hypernyms (to "enlarge" is one way to...):
clarify; clear up; elucidate (make clear and (more) comprehensible)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enlarge"):
detail (provide details for)
exposit; expound; set forth (state)
exemplify; illustrate; instance (clarify by giving an example of)
particularise; particularize; specialise; specialize; specify (be specific about)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
They enlarge that there was a traffic accident
