To make or become greater or larger

• beef up

  1. (Idiomatic) to strengthen or reinforce; to add substance to

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  1. (Idiomatic) to strengthen or reinforce; to add substance to

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• wax

  1. To remove hair from a given portion of the body by this method.
  2. To grow or become as specified:
  3. To grow gradually larger, more numerous, etc.; increase in strength, intensity, volume, etc.

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  1. To remove hair from a given portion of the body by this method.
  2. To grow or become as specified:
  3. To grow gradually larger, more numerous, etc.; increase in strength, intensity, volume, etc.

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• upsurge

  1. To surge up.
  2. (Intransitive) to surge up, or to become stronger or greater

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  1. To surge up.
  2. (Intransitive) to surge up, or to become stronger or greater

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• swell

  1. To rise or extend above the surrounding level, as clouds.
  2. To cause (a tone, chord, etc.) to increase in loudness
  3. To increase in volume or become larger as a result of pressure from within; expand; dilate

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  1. To rise or extend above the surrounding level, as clouds.
  2. To cause (a tone, chord, etc.) to increase in loudness
  3. To increase in volume or become larger as a result of pressure from within; expand; dilate

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• soar

  1. To glide along without engine power, maintaining or gaining altitude on currents of air
  2. To rise well above the usual or ordinary level or bounds; be elevated
  3. To increase or improve suddenly above the normal or usual level:

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  1. To glide along without engine power, maintaining or gaining altitude on currents of air
  2. To rise well above the usual or ordinary level or bounds; be elevated
  3. To increase or improve suddenly above the normal or usual level:

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• snowball

  1. To increase or accumulate rapidly and uncontrollably, like a ball of snow rolling down a snow-covered hill
  2. To grow rapidly in significance, importance, or size:
  3. To cause to grow or increase rapidly.

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  1. To increase or accumulate rapidly and uncontrollably, like a ball of snow rolling down a snow-covered hill
  2. To grow rapidly in significance, importance, or size:
  3. To cause to grow or increase rapidly.

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• run up

  1. (Idiomatic) To bring a flag to the top of its flag pole.
  2. (Idiomatic) To make something, usually an item of clothing, very quickly.
  3. (Cricket) of a bowler, to run, or walk up to the bowling crease in order to bowl a ball.

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  1. (Idiomatic) To bring a flag to the top of its flag pole.
  2. (Idiomatic) To make something, usually an item of clothing, very quickly.
  3. (Cricket) of a bowler, to run, or walk up to the bowling crease in order to bowl a ball.

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• rise

  1. To puff up or become larger; swell up:
  2. To increase in volume of sound; become louder, shriller, etc.
  3. To cause to rise:

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  1. To puff up or become larger; swell up:
  2. To increase in volume of sound; become louder, shriller, etc.
  3. To cause to rise:

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• proliferate

  1. To increase or spread at a rapid rate:
  2. To multiply rapidly; increase profusely
  3. To cause to grow or increase rapidly.

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  1. To increase or spread at a rapid rate:
  2. To multiply rapidly; increase profusely
  3. To cause to grow or increase rapidly.

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• multiply

  1. (Math.) To find the product of by multiplication
  2. To grow in amount, number, or degree:
  3. To increase in number, amount, extent, or degree; specif., to increase by procreation

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  1. (Math.) To find the product of by multiplication
  2. To grow in amount, number, or degree:
  3. To increase in number, amount, extent, or degree; specif., to increase by procreation

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• mount

  1. To set in a raised position:
  2. To set in position for use:
  3. To increase in amount, extent, or intensity:

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  1. To set in a raised position:
  2. To set in position for use:
  3. To increase in amount, extent, or intensity:

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• magnify

  1. To make more intense or extreme:
  2. To cause to appear greater, more important, or more extreme than is in fact the case:
  3. To increase or have the power to increase the size or volume of an image or a sound.

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  1. To make more intense or extreme:
  2. To cause to appear greater, more important, or more extreme than is in fact the case:
  3. To increase or have the power to increase the size or volume of an image or a sound.

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• increase

  1. To make greater or larger.
  2. To multiply; reproduce.
  3. To cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment

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  1. To make greater or larger.
  2. To multiply; reproduce.
  3. To cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment

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• grow

  1. To cause to grow; raise:
  2. To increase in size and develop toward maturity, as a plant or animal does by assimilating food
  3. To allow (something) to develop or increase by a natural process:

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  1. To cause to grow; raise:
  2. To increase in size and develop toward maturity, as a plant or animal does by assimilating food
  3. To allow (something) to develop or increase by a natural process:

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• extend

  1. To give added bulk or body to (a substance) by adding another, usually cheaper or inferior, substance
  2. To cause to move at full gallop. Used of a horse.
  3. To be or become long, large, or comprehensive:

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  1. To give added bulk or body to (a substance) by adding another, usually cheaper or inferior, substance
  2. To cause to move at full gallop. Used of a horse.
  3. To be or become long, large, or comprehensive:

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• expand

  1. (Mathematics) To write (a quantity) as a sum of terms in an extended form.
  2. To become expanded; spread out, unfold, enlarge, etc.
  3. To work out or show the full form of (a contraction, mathematical equation, etc.)

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  1. (Mathematics) To write (a quantity) as a sum of terms in an extended form.
  2. To become expanded; spread out, unfold, enlarge, etc.
  3. To work out or show the full form of (a contraction, mathematical equation, etc.)

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• escalate

  1. To pass (a transaction or case) on to a higher level in an organizational hierarchy:
  2. To rise on or as on an escalator
  3. To grow or increase rapidly, often to the point of becoming unmanageable, as prices or wages

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  1. To pass (a transaction or case) on to a higher level in an organizational hierarchy:
  2. To rise on or as on an escalator
  3. To grow or increase rapidly, often to the point of becoming unmanageable, as prices or wages

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• enlarge

  1. (Nautical) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind.
  2. To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, etc.
  3. To become larger; increase in size, extent, etc.; expand

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  1. (Nautical) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind.
  2. To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, etc.
  3. To become larger; increase in size, extent, etc.; expand

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• burgeon

  1. To put forth buds, shoots, etc.; sprout
  2. To begin to grow or blossom.
  3. To grow or develop rapidly; expand or proliferate.

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  1. To put forth buds, shoots, etc.; sprout
  2. To begin to grow or blossom.
  3. To grow or develop rapidly; expand or proliferate.

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• build up

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• build

  1. To increase or strengthen by adding gradually to:
  2. To establish a basis for; found or ground:
  3. To increase in amount, force, etc.; grow or intensify

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  1. To increase or strengthen by adding gradually to:
  2. To establish a basis for; found or ground:
  3. To increase in amount, force, etc.; grow or intensify

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• boost

  1. To urge others to support; promote
  2. To increase; raise:
  3. (Electricity) To increase the voltage of (a circuit).

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  1. To urge others to support; promote
  2. To increase; raise:
  3. (Electricity) To increase the voltage of (a circuit).

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• amplify

  1. To produce amplification of:
  2. To develop more fully, as with details, examples, statistics, etc.
  3. (Electronics) To increase the strength of (an electrical signal) by means of an amplifier

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  1. To produce amplification of:
  2. To develop more fully, as with details, examples, statistics, etc.
  3. (Electronics) To increase the strength of (an electrical signal) by means of an amplifier

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• aggrandize

  1. (Intransitive) To increase or become great.
  2. To increase the scope of; extend:
  3. To consider to be or cause to appear greater than is really the case; exaggerate:

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  1. (Intransitive) To increase or become great.
  2. To increase the scope of; extend:
  3. To consider to be or cause to appear greater than is really the case; exaggerate:

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The act of increasing or rising

• upturn

  1. An upward turn, curve, or trend
  2. An upward turn or trend, especially in business activity or profit

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  1. An upward turn, curve, or trend
  2. An upward turn or trend, especially in business activity or profit

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• upswing

  1. An upward swing or trend.
  2. (By extension) an upward trend or an increase in activity
  3. An increase, as in movement or business activity.

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  1. An upward swing or trend.
  2. (By extension) an upward trend or an increase in activity
  3. An increase, as in movement or business activity.

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• upsurge

  1. A surge upward
  2. A sudden strong rise or flow
  3. A rapid or abrupt rise:

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  1. A surge upward
  2. A sudden strong rise or flow
  3. A rapid or abrupt rise:

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• swell

  1. A rise in the land; a rounded elevation.
  2. (Music) A gradual increase in volume (crescendo), usually followed by a gradual decrease (decrescendo)
  3. An increase in loudness of sound

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  1. A rise in the land; a rounded elevation.
  2. (Music) A gradual increase in volume (crescendo), usually followed by a gradual decrease (decrescendo)
  3. An increase in loudness of sound

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• rise

  1. An origin, beginning, or source:
  2. Occasion or opportunity:
  3. (Chiefly British) An increase in salary or wages; a raise.

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  1. An origin, beginning, or source:
  2. Occasion or opportunity:
  3. (Chiefly British) An increase in salary or wages; a raise.

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• raise

  1. The act of raising or increasing.
  2. An increase in amount
  3. An increase in salary.

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  1. The act of raising or increasing.
  2. An increase in amount
  3. An increase in salary.

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• proliferation

  1. (Countable) The result of building up; buildup, accretion.
  2. (Uncountable) The spread of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them.
  3. (Uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.

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  1. (Countable) The result of building up; buildup, accretion.
  2. (Uncountable) The spread of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them.
  3. (Uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.

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• multiplication

  1. Propagation of plants and animals; procreation.
  2. The act or process of multiplying or the condition of being multiplied.
  3. (Mathematics) The operation that, for positive integers, consists of adding a number (the multiplicand) to itself a certain number of times. The operation is extended to other numbers according to the multiplicative properties of positive integers and other algebraic properties.

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  1. Propagation of plants and animals; procreation.
  2. The act or process of multiplying or the condition of being multiplied.
  3. (Mathematics) The operation that, for positive integers, consists of adding a number (the multiplicand) to itself a certain number of times. The operation is extended to other numbers according to the multiplicative properties of positive integers and other algebraic properties.

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• jump

  1. A condition of nervousness. Often used with the.
  2. A structure or course from which a jump is made:
  3. A sudden rise, as in prices

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  1. A condition of nervousness. Often used with the.
  2. A structure or course from which a jump is made:
  3. A sudden rise, as in prices

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• increase

  1. The amount or rate by which something is increased:
  2. Growth, enlargement, etc.
  3. The act of increasing:

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  1. The amount or rate by which something is increased:
  2. Growth, enlargement, etc.
  3. The act of increasing:

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• hike

  1. A long walk or march.
  2. An often abrupt increase or rise:

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  1. A long walk or march.
  2. An often abrupt increase or rise:

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• growth

  1. Degree of increase in size, weight, power, etc.
  2. An increase, as in size, number, value, or strength; extension or expansion:
  3. The full extent of such increase

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  1. Degree of increase in size, weight, power, etc.
  2. An increase, as in size, number, value, or strength; extension or expansion:
  3. The full extent of such increase

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• escalation

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• enlargement

  1. An act of enlarging or the state of being enlarged.
  2. A reproduction, as of a photograph, on a larger scale
  3. Something that has been enlarged, especially a photographic reproduction or a copy larger than the original print or negative.

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  1. An act of enlarging or the state of being enlarged.
  2. A reproduction, as of a photograph, on a larger scale
  3. Something that has been enlarged, especially a photographic reproduction or a copy larger than the original print or negative.

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• buildup

  1. The result of building up:
  2. An accumulation; an increase; a gradual development.
  3. A gradual increase in amount, power, influence, etc.; expansion

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  1. The result of building up:
  2. An accumulation; an increase; a gradual development.
  3. A gradual increase in amount, power, influence, etc.; expansion

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• boost

  1. A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb; help.
  2. An increase:
  3. An increase in amount, power, etc.

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  1. A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb; help.
  2. An increase:
  3. An increase in amount, power, etc.

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• augmentation

  1. The act or process of augmenting.
  2. (Music) The presentation of a theme in notes of usually double time value.
  3. A thing that augments; addition; increase

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  1. The act or process of augmenting.
  2. (Music) The presentation of a theme in notes of usually double time value.
  3. A thing that augments; addition; increase

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• amplification

  1. Matter, details, etc. added to amplify a statement, report, etc.
  2. The result of such a process.
  3. (Physics) The process of increasing the magnitude of a variable quantity, especially the magnitude of voltage, power, or current, without altering any other quality.

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  1. Matter, details, etc. added to amplify a statement, report, etc.
  2. The result of such a process.
  3. (Physics) The process of increasing the magnitude of a variable quantity, especially the magnitude of voltage, power, or current, without altering any other quality.

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• aggrandizement

  1. The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement.

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  1. The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement.

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