enlarge

verb

1. To make (something) larger.

   “We'll need to enlarge our budget if we want to include the helicopter ride in our holiday.”

2. To grow larger.

3. To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, etc.

   “Knowledge enlarges the mind.”

4. To speak or write at length upon or on (some subject); expand; elaborate

5. nauticalTo get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind.

6. legalTo extend the time allowed for compliance with (an order or rule).

7. Become larger or bigger

8. 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”

   Similar: elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, flesh out, expand