"enlarges" in the verb sense

1. enlarge

make larger

"She enlarged the flower beds"

2. blow up, enlarge, magnify

make large

"blow up an image"

3. enlarge

become larger or bigger

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

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"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

Princeton University "About WordNet®."
WordNet®. Princeton University. 2010.

View WordNet® License

Pity enlarges the heart.[ Fenelon ]

Whatever enlarges hope will exalt courage.[ Johnson ]

A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.[ Martial ]

Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind.[ Horace ]

Rhetoric adorns and enlarges a thing with words, but is of no value without logic.[ Luther ]

As we advance in life the circle of our pains enlarges, while that of our pleasures contracts.[ Madame Swetchine ]

Vigor is contagious; and whatever makes us either think or feel strongly adds to our power and enlarges our field of action.[ Emerson ]

It is difficult for the mind to span the career of nobody; the sphere of action opened to this wonderful person so enlarges every day that the limited faculties of anybody are too weak to compass it.[ Dickens ]

The word enlarges is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

The Scrabble® letter score of enlarges is 9.

The following table shows the scores for all possible placements of the word enlarges and all words in the letters of enlarges, 7 letters and less, in the game of Scrabble®.

The word enlarges is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

The Words With Friends™ letter score of enlarges is 12.

The following table shows the scores for all possible placements of the word enlarges and all words in the letters of enlarges, 7 letters and less, in the game of Words With Friends™.