Associations to the word «Enlarge»

Wiktionary

ENLARGE, verb. (transitive) To make larger.
ENLARGE, verb. (transitive) To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, etc.
ENLARGE, verb. (intransitive) To speak at length upon or on (some subject)
ENLARGE, verb. (archaic) To release; to set at large.
ENLARGE, verb. (nautical) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind.
ENLARGE, verb. (legal) To extend the time allowed for compliance with (an order or rule).
ENLARGE ONESELF, verb. To give free vent to speech.

Dictionary definition

ENLARGE, verb. Make larger; "She enlarged the flower beds".
ENLARGE, verb. Make large; "blow up an image".
ENLARGE, verb. Become larger or bigger.
ENLARGE, verb. 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".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope