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31enlarge — v 1. increase, augment, add to, supplement; double, triple, treble, quadruple, multiply; magnify, amplify, make greater or larger or bigger, aggrandize, Chiefly Literary. greaten; expand, extend, distend, stretch, spread; widen, broaden, heighten …
32expand — v 1. increase, enlarge, make larger, make bigger, make greater, Chiefly Literary. greaten, aggrandize; magnify, amplify, enhance, deepen, heighten; widen, thicken, broaden; lengthen, prolong, protract; extend, spread, outspread, spread out,… …
33extend — v 1. spread, outspread, spread out, branch out, Mil. deploy; unfold, unfurl, stretch out, draw out, straighten out, open; stretch, spread, sprawl; reach, run, range. 2. offer, proffer, submit; grant, give, bestow, confer, impart, present; hold… …
34swell — v 1. dilate, expand, extend, spread, outspread, spread out; distend, inflate, bloat, puff out, blow up, dome; intumesce, tumefy; fill out, fatten; lengthen, elongate, stretch. 2. increase, enlarge, magnify, amplify, augment; wax, grow larger,… …
35belly out — verb swell out or bulge out • Syn: ↑belly • Derivationally related forms: ↑belly (for: ↑belly) • Hypernyms: ↑swell, ↑swell up, ↑ …
36blow up — verb 1. cause to burst with a violent release of energy (Freq. 4) We exploded the nuclear bomb • Syn: ↑explode, ↑detonate, ↑set off • Derivationally related forms: ↑blowup, ↑detonative …
37bubble up — verb move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically Gases bubbled up from the earth Marx s ideas have bubbled up in many places in Latin America • Syn: ↑intumesce • Hypernyms: ↑surface, ↑come up, ↑rise up, ↑ …
38come up — verb 1. bring forth, usually something desirable (Freq. 9) The committee came up with some interesting recommendations • Hypernyms: ↑generate, ↑bring forth • Verb Frames: Somebody s something 2. result or issue …
39puff out — verb to swell or cause to enlarge, Her faced puffed up from the drugs (Freq. 1) puffed out chests • Syn: ↑puff, ↑puff up, ↑blow up • Derivationally related forms: ↑puffer (for: ↑ …
40puff up — verb 1. make larger or distend (Freq. 1) The estimates were puffed up • Hypernyms: ↑inflate, ↑blow up, ↑expand, ↑amplify • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …
