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Verb
▲
To inflate with air
bulge
enlarge
expand
inflate
puff out
swell
distend
dilate
blow up
bloat
balloon
fill out
extend
swell up
billow
tumefy
belly
fatten
intumesce
pump up
bag
protrude
project
jut
stretch
pouch
poke
pooch
bunch
beetle
obtrude
poke out
pop
loom
extend beyond
hang
impend
thrust out
be imminent
push out
hang out
droop
flop
flap
outthrust
protend
point
hang over
beetle over
come through
butt out
shoot out
loom out
stick up
hang loosely
pooch out
pouch out
come out
dome
spread
emerge
catch the wind
show up
bag out
show
push
stick
hold out
cantilever
ride over
lap over
go beyond
peek
be conspicuous
stretch out
lop
jut over
protrude over
stick out over
extend over
project over
stick out like a sore thumb
drop
portend
stand out over
overtop
endanger
bulge over
jut out over
loom over
command
loll
swag
bulge out over
impend over
cantilever out
poke out over
tower above
flap over
droop over
be suspended
rise above
swing over
dangle over
cast a shadow
cantilever out over
dip
tumble
dangle
hang down
lean
curve down
fall unevenly
more ❯
“The recipe was right because if you 'flick' water on top of filo it helps it puff up and crisp.”
Verb
▲
(a product, organization, or venture) To market, or give publicity in an attempt to sell or create public awareness
promote
advertise
publiciseUK
publicizeUS
populariseUK
popularizeUS
sell
market
merchandise
push
plug
hype
hype up
pitch
puff
talk up
tout
advertize
boost
flog
ballyhoo
flack
huckster
bang the drum for
beat the drum for
call attention to
give a plug to
give a puff to
give publicity to
build up
spread
disseminate
propagate
display
praise
circulate
introduce
blazon
blare
placard
blaze
sound
trail
diffuse
distribute
crack up
commend
give out
bill
disperse
transmit
feature
commercializeUS
parade
boast
scatter
unveil
preview
flourish
vend
hawk
brag
swagger
crow
trailer
advise
uncover
acquaint
alert
unmask
splash
spot
blurb
draw attention to
vaunt
commercialiseUK
preach
show off
hard sell
beat the drum
shout from the rooftops
spread around
give notice of
make a pitch
big up
run with
get on soapbox for
put on the map
shout out
offer for sale
brag about
pass on
spread abroad
sow
top
describe
review
shift
turn over
mention
upsell
perform
screen
tell
gazette
proliferate
headline
namecheck
spin
portray
carry
overpraise
give a mention to
bear
beat the drum about
package
press-agent
cry
build
make popular
persuade people to buy
issue
steer
showboat
merchandize
blow up
swank
unleash
pass
decree
retail
brandish
gloat
grandstand
air
tip off
state
call
pronounce
toot
exchange
trade
put before the public
put in a good word for
bruit about
make official
showcase
timetable
schedule
slate
programmeUK
pile it on
give a boost
wholesale
barter
support
book
programUS
strew
radiate
develop
put about
lay it on thick
urge
tip
pass the word
launch
put forward
put up
approve
esteem
extol
acclaim
revere
put up for sale
give advance notice
put up in lights
give advance notice of
celebrate
bull
vaporUS
gasconade
blow
speak of
talk of
strut
laud
prate
speak well of
blow smoke
exult in
crow about
vapourUK
gloat over
boast about
give oneself airs about
show off about
make much of
universalize
generalizeUS
put in layperson's terms
generaliseUK
make available
interpret
explain
spread the word about
make something popular
revive
give credence to
resurrect
catch on
give currency
give currency to
gloss
restore
give mass appeal to
more ❯
Verb
▲
(intransitive) To become larger in size or degree
increase
rise
grow
improve
lift
soar
build
climb
surge
expand
magnify
rocket
bourgeon
burgeon
escalate
accelerate
accumulate
appreciate
arise
ascend
double
get higher
go up
go uphill
move up
push up
rise up
wake up
flourish
peak
uprise
accrue
balloon
become greater
bulk
crescendo
crest
get bigger
get larger
mount up
mushroom
pile up
roll up
skyrocket
spiral
stretch
scale up
average up
bulk up
continue
fill out
prolongate
become larger
shoot up
shoot
fly
sail
scale
float
get up
mount
glide
make its way up
make one's way up
aspire
come up
blast off
up
tower
bob up
sweep upward
levitate
sprout
climb up
move upward
take off
reach up
move upwards
lift off
upthrust
go sky-high
thrust
uprear
more ❯
Verb
▲
To flatter
compliment
flatter
adulate
charm
fawn over
glorify
gush over
praise
smooth-talk
sweet-talk
worship
bootlick
brownnose
butter up to
elevate
humourUK
humorUS
revere
wheedle
brown-nose
build up
butter up
cajole
exalt
lay it on thick
overpraise
put on a pedestal
soothe
stroke one's ego
suck up to
compliment excessively
fall all over
fawn upon
ingratiate oneself with
kiss feet
play up to
roose
rub the right way
spread it on
work over
dance attendance on
curry favour withUK
curry favor withUS
truckle
crawl
kowtow
make up to
cringe
rub up the right way
woo
creep
apple-polish
suck up
curry favourUK
be servile
be servile towards
be sycophantic towards
bow and scrape
curry favorUS
cower
truckle to
toady to
kowtow to
pander
be obsequious
fuss
stoop
grovel to
be obsequious towards
abase oneself to
demean oneself to
lick someone's boots
keep someone sweet
bow and scrape to
lay it on
crouch
be obsequious to
kneel
prostrate oneself
smoodge to
be sycophantic
abase oneself
lick boots
pay court
honey up
fall on one's knees
get round
prostrate oneself to
kiss one's feet
scratch one's back
defer
submit
yield
be servile to
be sycophantic to
cultivate
bow
abase oneself before
quail
bend
humble oneself
behave obsequiously
give in
kiss-up
kiss up to
try to get on the good side of
seek the favour of
defer to
knuckle under
try to win over
eat dirt
get on the right side of
keep sweet
gush
ingratiate
sneak
kiss the feet of
persuade
concede
submit to
coax
ingratiate yourself
play up
back-scratch
win over
apple polish
bend the knee
give way
make up
smoodge
prevail on
talk into
implore
snivel
demean yourself
abase yourself
humble yourself
eat crow
genuflect
show respect for
bow to
throw oneself at someone's feet
politic
soap
fold
toe the mark
say uncle
lie down and roll over
prostrate
cave in
go along with
soften up
play the game
prostrate oneself before
eulogizeUS
grovel before
cringe before
fall over oneself for
invite
debase
eulogiseUK
praise to excess
slaver
abase
scrape
cotton
smarm around
sing the praises of
bow and scrape before
praise to the skies
buddy up
cave in to
be at beck and call
more ❯
Verb
▲
To express approval or admiration of
praise
commend
acclaim
compliment
extol
laud
admire
aggrandize
celebrate
endorse
honorUS
honourUK
applaud
appreciate
cheer
congratulate
eulogiseUK
eulogizeUS
hail
speak highly of
accredit
ballyhoo
boost
credit
encourage
heap praise on
panegyrize
pay tribute to
salute
sing the praises of
toast
tout
advocate
approve of
build up
crack up
ennoble
express admiration for
express approval of
hand it to
kudize
pay homage to
pay respects to
proclaim
rave about
recommend
sanction
say nice things about
show appreciation for
speak well of
wax lyrical about
big up
cite
clap
cry someone up
cry something up
cry up
dignify
distinguish
go into raptures about
make much of
pat on the back
praise to the skies
take one's hat off to
throw bouquets at
hike
beef up
canoniseUK
heighten
brag
overstate
boast
overvalue
parlay
revere
venerate
reverence
extoll
adore
idolizeUS
idoliseUK
esteem
respect
recognizeUS
put on a pedestal
sanctify
commemorate
recogniseUK
immortalizeUS
apotheosize
acknowledge
look up to
hallow
love
value
immortaliseUK
sing
hold in high regard
pray to
hold in awe
rhapsodizeUS
think highly of
memorializeUS
rhapsodiseUK
wax lyrical
give recognition to
bow down to
beatify
regard
sing praises to
offer prayers to
memorialiseUK
favourUK
favorUS
treasure
erect
uprear
prize
cherish
give thanks to
gush
publicizeUS
idealizeUS
rhapsodize about
consecrate
drool
slobber
fuss
effuse
publiciseUK
solemnizeUS
lift up
rave over
adorn
idealiseUK
raise
signalizeUS
enthuse
effervesce
felicitate
signaliseUK
halo
transfigure
thank
hold sacred
sound the praises of
solemniseUK
sublime
sing paeans to
observe
consider
hold in high esteem
keep
give bouquet
pat on back
be wild about
hold dear
hold in esteem
regard highly
sing somebody's praises
express admiration of
hold high
trumpet
publish
celebritize
sing praises
show appreciation of
mob
like
pay respects
remember
fete
sing praises of
take off hat to
mythify
illuminate
give praise to
bestow honour on
give credit for
show gratitude to
be grateful for
marvel at
rate highly
hand it to one
make famous
mark
divinize
decorate
think of
make a fuss of
show respect
make a fuss over
lift
apostheosize
bubble
hold in regard
apprise
rate
take your hat off to
stand in awe of
express approval for
be in awe of
hold in respect
enhance
roll out the red carpet
take off your hat to
be fond of
think the world of
be faithful
give glad hand
live up to
give key to city
be true
sing someone's praises
roll out red carpet
support
plug
think much of
have a high regard for
sing hyms to
chant to
bow down before
dote on
be devoted to
set on pedestal
set on a pedestal
hug
be enthusiastic
be effusive
glamorizeUS
increase
give ovation
express respect for
set much store by
have a high opinion of
dedicate
bubble over
give a hand
show your appreciation
romanticizeUS
be excited
be delighted
ordain
put your hands together
give a standing ovation
give a big hand
add dignity to
glamourize
glamour up
go wild
go crazy
go into raptures
go mad
fall all over
carry on about
make a to-do
give a round of applause
add distinction to
heroize
anoint
be mad
be wild
romanticiseUK
glamoriseUK
add lustre to
be passionate
talk excitedly
go over the top
get all worked up
show enthusiasm
wish one well
wish happy returns
give regards
give a big cigar
wish joy to
rejoice with
sacralize
make holy
hurrah
hurray
put up
affirm
uphold
offer
sprinkle
confirm
baptiseUK
make sacred
sign
set apart
sacrifice
absolve
cross
baptizeUS
devote to God
dedicate to God
pray for
offer benediction
invoke benefits
pronounce holy
invoke happiness
invoke happiness on
root for
more ❯
Verb
▲
To augment or make something greater
enhance
increase
add to
intensify
magnify
amplify
inflate
strengthen
build up
augment
boost
upgrade
raise
lift
escalate
elevate
exalt
swell
aggrandize
enrich
heighten
deepen
stress
reinforce
build
underline
compound
consolidate
emphasiseUK
emphasizeUS
expand
further
jack up
extend
hike
increment
accentuate
advance
amp up
balloon
beef up
bump up
crank up
enforce
exacerbate
multiply
pump up
maximiseUK
maximizeUS
proliferate
mushroom
pile up
fill out
heat up
draw the long bow
make a mountain out of a molehill
tune up
tweak
revise
supercharge
reenforce
upraise
diversify
encourage
shore
back up
give a boost
brace
uprate
follow up
upscale
elongate
ratchet up
purify
rectify
edit
recuperate
send up
revalue
stroke
nurture
foster
stimulate
crank something up
show to advantage
display
turn the corner
shape up
make perfect
make strides
perk up
set right
take off
straighten out
repeat
retrace
uprise
uplift
pile
hot up
become worse
give prominence to
spotlight
point up
foreground
concentrate
bold
fan the flames of
burnish
advertise
revitalizeUS
advertize
expatiate
flourish
endow
increase in size
increase in scope
cram
fill
bloat
surcharge
ramp up
turbocharge
grow greater
get stronger
grow in
stock up
thrive
succeed
grow larger
goose up
fetch up
send through the roof
underscore
show up
throw up
rally
revitaliseUK
fan the flames
go through the roof
billow
speed up
stack up
surge up
get higher
leap
cumulate
drive up
swell up
stretch the truth
turn up
prosper
make louder
make richer
boost up
gain strength
bump
add fuel to the fire
add fuel to the flames
put salt on the wound
blow out of all proportion
buck up
vault
tower
escalade
brush up
lighten
darken
whet
point
catastrophize
go up in price
brag
misquote
puff
misrepresent
misreport
lie
boast
fabricate
uptick
get larger
shore up
complete
open up
breadthen
ream
fatten
pile on
add fuel
tone up
heap on
do well
be successful
spurt
increase in value
put on
hop up
snazz up
draw attention to
pour it on
grow quickly
rise in value
come on
grow rapidly
flower
bloom
become wider
open out
build on
play up
tick upward
shift upward
fluctuate upward
round off
accompany
append
top
subsidiseUK
supply
add fuel to fire
subsidizeUS
eke out
fill up
insert
punch up
throw something into relief
blow out of proportion
emphasize too much
lay it on thick
make too much of
piggyback
tag on
refurbish
renovate
modernizeUS
remodel
recondition
rehabilitate
redecorate
restore
customizeUS
redo
moderniseUK
transform
reconstruct
customiseUK
overrate
elaborate on
overcharge
spruce up
fix up
do up
make a mountain out of
bring up to code
bring up to date
brighten up
make a production out of
make mountain of molehill
make a federal case of
sprout
puff out
blossom
bulge
become more numerous
become larger
increase rapidly
spring up
propagate
aerate
tumefy
spread out
spring
explode
become bigger
increase exponentially
open
shoot
run riot
make longer
ferment
germinate
plump
bulk
intumesce
bud
mature
pull
vegetate
pervade
ascend
flow
draw
strain
fill with air
bulk up
outspread
rise rapidly
gain weight
burst forth
put on weight
draw out
pull out
round out
fatten up
go through the ceiling
pull out of shape
spread wide
widen out
increase in extent
increase in complexity
breed
manifold
aggregate
become distended
well
grow stronger
well up
blow
metastasize
get taller
increase in weight
peak
upsize
become louder
grow louder
crescendo
grow full
get to
become large
reach
zoom
branch out
scale up
start to be
luxuriate
fuel
tend
deteriorate
scale
emerge
pour
rain
overrun
develop rapidly
increase dramatically
complicate
burst
detonate
broaden one's horizons
extend one's operations
develop buds
form buds
develop quickly
spread quickly
be enlarged
be stepped up
be extended
be magnified
be increased
be amplified
go from bad to worse
bulge out
become bloated
spiral upwards
get plump
swell out
send out shoots
go off
confound
confuse
keep burning
mend
rekindle
feed
stir
poke
add fuel to
put on a spurt
unfold
make intricate
rub salt in the wound
make complex
add insult to injury
grow fat
diffuse
sprawl
work
get fat
coarsen
stoke up
get heavier
grow fatter
stuff
sweep
circulate
put fuel on
spread across
roll out
spread like wildfire
spread like lightning
spread through
become fatter
become fat
put flesh on
protuberate
make rise
leaven
pepsinate
stack
jumboize
increase threefold
increase by three
treble
mound
hoard
stockpile
make wider
become broader
make broader
become thicker
make thicker
become deeper
become longer
make deeper
assemble
grow bigger
bank
store
store up
lump
make a mound of
bunch
dump
heap
deposit
make a pile of
mass
make a stack of
layer
group
more ❯
Verb
▲
Pride
plume
boast
brag
congratulate
crow
exult
felicitate
gasconade
overbear
prance
preen
presume
strut
swagger
swell
vaunt
be proud
flatter oneself
glory in
revel in
hold head high
pique
flatter
crow about
pride
brag about
boast about
gloat
bluster
flaunt
aggrandize
congratulate oneself
blow one's own horn
bull
attract attention
give a good account of oneself
blow smoke
blow
vaporUS
showboat
exaggerate
talk big
show off
puff
grandstand
con
flourish
cock-a-doodle-doo
pat oneself on the back
advertize
bully
vapourUK
big-note oneself
fake
advertise
declare
proclaim
disclose
reveal
divulge
show and tell
draw attention to
exult in
swank
skite
overstate
sound off
lay on thick
shovel
prate
blow hard
shoot
be proud of
jive
shoot one's mouth off
shuck
glory
blow your own horn
fly your own kite
sing your own praises
congratulate yourself on
pride yourself on
psych
triumph
preen oneself
lay it on thick
blow your own trumpet
give oneself airs
sling
flatter yourself
hug oneself
Verb
▲
To describe or express in too exaggerated terms
magnify
exaggerate
overstate
enhance
overemphasiseUK
overemphasizeUS
overplay
dramatiseUK
dramatizeUS
embellish
embroider
inflate
overdo
amplify
colorUS
colourUK
hyperbolize
overestimate
overrate
pad
stretch
aggrandize
blow up
build up
aggravate
elaborate on
fudge
overcharge
overdraw
overstress
pyramid
draw the long bow
make a mountain out of
make a big thing out of
make a federal case of
make a production out of
make mountain of molehill
make a mountain out of a molehill
blow up out of all proportion
develop
reinforce
add to
supplement
build on
broaden
refine
perfect
improve
polish
put flesh on the bones of
expatiate on
adorn
gloss
expatiate
adulterate
promote
equivocate
palter
prevaricate
con
phony up
trump up
stretch a point
depict
characterizeUS
represent
portray
detail
over-embroider
over-embellish
over-colour
give details
improve on
overwrite
parody
characteriseUK
dress something up
conceal
travesty
explain
cheese
blarney
blow smoke
give a false idea of
miscolor
cloak
pass off
bias
cover up
beard
mask
mangle
skew
pirate
confuse
angle
dress
snow
put flesh on
dilate
grace
coat
forge
clarify
deck
brighten
enrich
sugar-coat
window-dress
camouflage
overdo it
round out
dilate on
embellish the truth
soft-soap
overstate one's case
pay extravagant compliments
dilate upon
sweet-talk
enlarge upon
go into detail
give fulsome praise
lay on with a trowel
counterfeit
flesh something out
garnish
beautify
ornament
bedeck
invent
debase
paint
begild
aureate
engild
overlay
wash
tinsel
whitewash
plate
aurify
glitter
vitiate
contravene
salt
four-flush
deceive
contort
rig
traverse
deacon
fib
put on an act
fake it
frame up
more ❯
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