Overview of verb enlarge

The verb enlarge has 4 senses

• enlarge -- (make larger; "She enlarged the flower beds")


• blow up, enlarge, magnify -- (make large; "blow up an image")


• enlarge -- (become larger or bigger)


• elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate -- (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation")

Overview of adj enlarged

The adj enlarged has 4 senses

• hypertrophied, enlarged -- ((of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells; "hypertrophied myocardial fibers")


• blown-up, enlarged -- (as of a photograph; made larger; "the enlarged photograph revealed many details")


• enlarged -- (larger than normal; "enlarged joints")


• exaggerated, magnified, enlarged -- (enlarged to an abnormal degree; "thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes")