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Verb enlarge has 4 senses
- enlarge - make larger; "She enlarged the flower beds"
--1 is one way to increase
Sample sentence:
They enlarge their earnings this year
- blow up, enlarge, magnify - make large; "blow up an image"
--2 is one way to increase
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- enlarge - become larger or bigger
--3 is one way to grow
Sample sentence:
Their earnings enlarge this year
- elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, 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"
--4 is one way to clarify, clear up, elucidate
Sample sentence:
They enlarge that there was a traffic accident
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