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Verb
S:
(v)
enlarge
(make larger)
"She enlarged the flower beds"
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full troponym
S:
(v)
expand
(make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity)
"expand the house by adding another wing"
S:
(v)
develop
(expand in the form of a series)
"Develop the function in the following form"
S:
(v)
inflate
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blow up
(fill with gas or air)
"inflate a balloons"
S:
(v)
reflate
(inflate again)
"reflate the balloon"
S:
(v)
billow
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surge
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heave
(rise and move, as in waves or billows)
"The army surged forward"
S:
(v)
ream
(enlarge with a reamer)
"ream a hole"
S:
(v)
deepen
(make deeper)
"They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it"
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sister term
derivationally related form
sentence frame
S:
(v)
blow up
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enlarge
,
magnify
(make large)
"blow up an image"
S:
(v)
enlarge
(become larger or bigger)
direct troponym
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full troponym
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(v)
grow
(become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain)
"The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"
sentence frame
S:
(v)
elaborate
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lucubrate
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expatiate
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exposit
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enlarge
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flesh out
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expand
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expound
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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"