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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blow up, increase |
| Synonyms: | aerate, aggrandize, amplify, augment, balloon, beef up, bloat, boost, build up, cram, dilate, distend, enlarge, escalate, exaggerate, exalt, expand, flesh out, magnify, maximize, overestimate, pad, puff up, pump up, pyramid, raise, spread, stretch, surcharge, swell up, widen |
| Antonyms: | compress, contract, deflate, let air out, shrink |
| Main Entry: | appreciate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase in worth |
| Synonyms: | enhance, gain, grow, improve, inflate, raise the value of, rise |
| Notes: | the use of 'appreciate' should involve valuing something or understanding it sympathetically, and when there is no value or sympathy, use 'recognize' or 'understand'; appreciate first meant 'set at a price; appraised' |
| Antonyms: | decrease, depreciate, lose value |
| Main Entry: | augment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make greater; improve |
| Synonyms: | add to, aggrandize, amplify, beef up, boost, build, build up, compound, develop, enhance, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, heighten, increase, inflate, intensify, magnify, mount, multiply, pad, piggyback, progress, raise, reinforce, strengthen, sweeten, swell, tag on |
| Notes: | augment means to add more of the same thing; supplement means to add something, usually to make up for a deficiency |
| Antonyms: | decrease, degrade |
| Main Entry: | balloon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | billow out; bloat |
| Synonyms: | belly, blow up, bulge, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, inflate, puff out, swell |
| Main Entry: | bloat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blow up like a balloon |
| Synonyms: | balloon, belly, bilge, billow, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, inflate, puff up, swell |
| Antonyms: | deflate, shrink, shrivel, tighten |
| Main Entry: | blow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blast, rush of air, wind |
| Synonyms: | breathe, buffet, drive, exhale, fan, flap, flow, flutter, gasp, heave, huff, inflate, pant, puff, pump, ruffle, rush, stream, swell, swirl, waft, wave, whiff, whirl, whisk, whisper, whistle |
| Main Entry: | blow up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inflate |
| Synonyms: | billow, bloat, distend, enlarge, expand, fill, inflate, puff up, pump up, swell |
| Antonyms: | deflate, let out, shrink, shrivel |
| Main Entry: | dilate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stretch, widen |
| Synonyms: | amplify, augment, be profuse, be prolix, broaden, develop, distend, enlarge, expand, expatiate, expound, extend, increase, inflate, lengthen, prolong, protract, puff out, spin off, swell |
| Antonyms: | compress, constrict, contract, lessen, reduce |
| Main Entry: | distend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bulge, swell |
| Synonyms: | amplify, augment, balloon, bloat, dilate, distort, enlarge, expand, increase, inflate, lengthen, puff, stretch, widen |
| Antonyms: | cave in, contract, deflate, fall, shrink |
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