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Verbs (15)

expand

v. (increase)

expand

v. make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing"

boom, thrive, flourish, expand

v. grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming"

elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate

v. 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"

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Fuzzynyms (88)

develop, make grow

v. cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development; "The perfect climate here develops the grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple"

inflate

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

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?"

distend

v. cause to expand as it by internal pressure; "The gas distended the animal's body"

swell

v. increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo"

increase

v. become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"

explain, explicate

v. make plain and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students"

bulge, pouch, protrude

v. swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal"

thrive, prosper, fly high, flourish

v. make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance; "The new student is thriving"

increase

v. become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"

root

v. cause to take roots

develop, make grow

v. cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development; "The perfect climate here develops the grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple"

bloom, blossom, flower

v. produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed"

mature, maturate, grow

v. develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"

swell

v. increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo"

swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce

v. expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"

wax, increase in phase

v. increase in phase; "the moon is waxing"

bud

v. develop buds; "The hibiscus is budding!"

diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out

v. move outward; "The soldiers fanned out"

spread

v. cover by spreading something over; "spread the bread with cheese"

spud

v. initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum; "The well was spudded in April"

build

v. develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera"

articulate, enunciate, vocalize, vocalise

v. express or state clearly

explain

v. define; "The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean"

comment

v. explain or interpret something

declare

v. state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"

propound

v. put forward, as of an idea

protest

v. affirm or avow formally or solemnly; "The suspect protested his innocence"

define

v. determine the nature of; "What defines a good wine?"

rede, interpret

v. give an interpretation or explanation to

lecture, talk

v. deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"

speak, talk

v. use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"

say

v. utter aloud; "She said `Hello' to everyone in the office"

affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear

v. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"

claim, take

v. lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea"

contend, postulate

v. maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future"

describe, depict, draw

v. give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"

buy

v. accept as true; "I can't buy this story"

narrate

v. provide commentary for a film, for example

recount

v. count again; "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made"

profess

v. receive into a religious order or congregation

pronounce, label, judge

v. pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"

relate

v. give an account of; "The witness related the events"

relate

v. have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers"

report

v. make known to the authorities; "One student reported the other to the principal"

report, turn in, inform on

v. make known to the authorities; "One student reported the other to the principal"

Synonyms (10)

elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate

v. 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"

expand

v. make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing"

Antonyms (8)

control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate

v. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"

foreshorten

v. shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth

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