Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Verb
S: (v) build up, work up, build, progress (form or accumulate steadily) "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
S: (v) increase (make bigger or more) "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"
S: (v) extend, stretch (increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance) "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice"
S: (v) augment (enlarge or increase) "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East"
S: (v) build up (enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages) "build up your savings"
S: (v) enlarge (make larger) "She enlarged the flower beds"
S: (v) widen, broaden, extend (extend in scope or range or area) "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard"
S: (v) kite (increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently) "He kited many checks"
S: (v) work out, work up (come up with) "His colleagues worked out his interesting idea"; "We worked up an ad for our client"
Adjective
S: (adj) aroused, emotional, excited, worked up ((of persons) excessively affected by emotion) "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise"