VERB | change | blow up, explode, detonate, set off | cause to burst with a violent release of energy |
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change | blow up, enlarge, magnify | make large | |
emotion | blow up, flip one's lid, 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 | get very angry and fly into a rage / rage | |
communication | blow up, embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, dramatize, dramatise | add details to | |
change | blow up, detonate, explode | burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction | |
change | blow up, inflate, expand, amplify | exaggerate or make bigger | |
change | blow up, inflate | fill with gas or air | |
change | blow up, puff, puff up, puff out | to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs" |
Meaning | Cause to burst with a violent release of energy. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | explode, detonate, set off | |
Cause to | detonate, explode, blow up | Burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction |
Narrower | dynamite | Blow up with dynamite |
fulminate | Cause to explode / explode violently and with loud noise | |
Broader | change integrity | change in physical make-up |
Spanish | detonar, explosionar, explotar | |
Catalan | detonar, explosionar, explotar | |
Nouns | blowup | a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction |
Meaning | make large. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "blow up an image" | |
Synonyms | enlarge, magnify | |
Category | photography, picture taking | The act of taking and printing photographs |
Broader | increase | make bigger or more |
Opposite | reduce, scale down | make smaller |
Spanish | agrandar, ampliar, aumentar, engrandecer | |
Catalan | ampliar, engrandir | |
Nouns | blowup | a photographic print that has been enlarged |
Meaning | Get very angry and fly into a rage / rage. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
Synonyms | flip one's lid, 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 | |
Caused by | combust | Cause to become violent or angry |
Broader | rage | Feel intense anger |
Spanish | perder los estribos | |
Nouns | blowup | an unrestrained / unrestrained expression / expression of emotion |
Meaning | add details to. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something with something | |
Model | They won't blow up the story | |
Synonyms | embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, dramatize, dramatise | |
Narrower | glorify | Cause to seem more splendid |
Broader | overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify | To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth |
Spanish | adornar, decorar, echarle teatro, embellecer, hinchar, meter paja | |
Catalan | adornar, decorar, embellir, fer bombo, inflar |
Meaning | Burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Synonyms | detonate, explode | |
Caused by | explode, detonate, blow up, set off | Cause to burst with a violent release of energy |
Spanish | detonar, explotar | |
Catalan | detonar, explotar |
Meaning | exaggerate or make bigger. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | inflate, expand, amplify | |
Narrower | puff up | make larger / larger or distend |
Broader | increase | make bigger or more |
Spanish | ampliar, amplificar, ensanchar, expandir | |
Catalan | ampliar, amplificar, eixamplar, estendre, expandir, inflar |
Meaning | Fill with gas or air. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonym | inflate | |
Narrower | billow, surge, heave | Rise and move, as in waves or billows |
reflate | inflate again | |
Broader | expand | make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity |
Opposite | deflate | Become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air |
Spanish | hincharse, hinchar, inflarse, inflar, subir | |
Catalan | inflar-se, inflar, unflar |
Meaning | To swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs". | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Model | Did his feet blow up? | |
Synonyms | puff, puff up, puff out | |
Broader | swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce | Expand abnormally |
Spanish | hincharse, hinchar | |
Catalan | inflar-se, inflar |
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