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v. to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests"

v. make large; "blow up an image"

embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise

v. add details to

flip one's lid, blow up, throw a fit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling, have kittens, have a fit, combust, blow one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig, lose one's temper, blow a fuse, go ballistic

v. get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic"

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inflate

v. cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit; "The war inflated the economy"

enlarge

v. become larger or bigger

inflate

v. increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; "inflate the currency"

overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify

v. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

magnify, amplify

v. increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind"

extend

v. open or straighten out; unbend; "Can we extend the legs of this dining table?"

extend

v. prolong the time allowed for payment of; "extend the loan"

develop

v. make visible by means of chemical solutions; "Please develop this roll of film for me"

refine

v. make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of; "refine a method of analysis"; "refine the constant in the equation"

transfigure, glorify, spiritualize

v. elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration

embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise

v. add details to

glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise

v. make glamorous and attractive; "This new wallpaper really glamorizes the living room!"

romanticize, romanticise

v. make romantic in style; "The designer romanticized the little black dress"

enhance

v. make better or more attractive; "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat"

lift, raise, elevate

v. raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

dignify

v. raise the status of; "I shall not dignify this insensitive remark with an answer"

glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise

v. make glamorous and attractive; "This new wallpaper really glamorizes the living room!"

transfigure, glorify, spiritualize

v. elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration

romanticize, romanticise

v. make romantic in style; "The designer romanticized the little black dress"

blow up, enlarge, magnify

v. make large; "blow up an image"

lift, raise, elevate

v. raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise

v. make famous forever; "This melody immortalized its composer"

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reduce, scale down

v. make smaller; "reduce an image"

shrink, reduce

v. reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"

decrease, lessen, minify

v. make smaller; "He decreased his staff"

moisten, wash, dampen

v. make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows"

criticize, criticise

v. act as a critic; "Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either"

understate, minimize, minimise, downplay

v. represent as less significant or important

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