enlarge
/ɪnˈlɑːdʒ
/ /ɛnˈlɑːdʒ/verb
1Make or become larger or more extensive: [with object]: recently my son enlarged our garden pond (as adjective enlarged) an enlarged spleen...
- The owners have had the property enlarged and carried out extensive modernisation.
- The liver and spleen may enlarge, so that they can be felt on either side, just below the ribs.
- Mr Bullimore said the farmer had a pond on his land enlarged and fenced off a 50m by 25m enclosure.
Synonyms
make/become bigger, make/become larger, make/become greater, increase in size, grow, expand;
extend, amplify, augment, top up, build up, add to, supplement;
magnify, intensify, multiply;
stretch, swell, distend, bloat, bulge, dilate, snowball, mushroom, blow up, puff up, fatten, fill out, balloon;
widen, make/become wider, broaden, make/become broader, lengthen, elongate, make/become longer, deepen, make/become deeper, thicken, make/become thicker
informal jumboize
literary wax
rare tumefy, intumesce, protuberate
1.1 [with object] Develop a larger print of (a photograph): very often a favourite photograph is enlarged and framed...
- The photographs were then enlarged and the diameters were determined by scale measurements from the size marker.
- By clicking on each image, the physician can further enlarge the photograph to full screen size.
- She was on her way back from the forensics lab where she used their dark room to enlarge the photo of their suspect.
Phrasal verbs
enlarge on/upon
Origin
Middle English (formerly also as inlarge): from Old French enlarger, from en- (expressing a change of state) + large 'large'.