enlarge
verb
[ ɪnˈlɑːdʒ ]
• make or become larger or more extensive.
• "they have renovated and enlarged the four-storey building"
Similar:
make/become bigger,
make/become larger,
make/become greater,
increase in size,
grow,
expand,
extend,
amplify,
augment,
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,
top up,
jumboize,
wax,
tumefy,
intumesce,
protuberate,
Origin:
Middle English (formerly also as inlarge ): from Old French enlarger, from en- (expressing a change of state) + large ‘large’.
