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Meaning of 'enlarge' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Enlarge [ v. i.]
- 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.
- To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate; to dilate.
- To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind.
2 . Enlarge [ v. t.]
- 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.
- To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, and the like; as, knowledge enlarges the mind.
- To set at large or set free.

Meaning of 'enlarge' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . enlarge [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make large
Example in sentence:
  • blow up an image
Meaning (2):
- add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
Example in sentence:
  • She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
Meaning (3):
- make larger
Example in sentence:
  • She enlarged the flower beds

Nearby Words:

enlace enlacement enlard enlarged enlargement enlarger enlarging enlay enlengthen enleven

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