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# enlarged

adjective; verb form (enlarge, enlarges, enlarged, enlarging)

«enlarged» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Made bigger: an enlarged photo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlarged/#m1)
2. (medicine) Bigger than normal, often because of illness: an enlarged heart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlarged/#m2)
3. (past of enlarge) Made something bigger: We enlarged the picture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlarged/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths «enlarged» shapes keep the same angles but get longer sides — the scale factor tells you how many times bigger; in art and photocopying you enlarge pictures. Phrases: «enlarged by a scale factor of 2», «enlarged photo», «an enlarged copy».

### Examples

- The triangle was enlarged by a scale factor of 3, so a 2 cm side became 6 cm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlarged/#x1)
- We enlarged the map so we could read it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlarged/#x2)
- The doctor said his tonsils were enlarged. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlarged/#x3)
- The enlarged photo hung on the wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlarged/#x4)
- The school enlarged the playground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlarged/#x5)
- Under a magnifying glass the ant looks enlarged. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlarged/#x6)
- As he grew older he enlarged the hole, and slipped out two or three times every day to play with the little nobles in the town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlarged/#x7)

### Note

Opposite: reduced. In maths, an enlargement by scale factor k multiplies every length by k (the area is multiplied by k × k). Enlarge = make larger; it does not change the shape.

## In Jewish tradition

It can mean made wider, in the sense of freed from a tight or cramped place. The psalmist says that God made his steps wide so that he did not slip.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads wideness as safety and freedom, and narrowness as trouble. The word for Egypt, Mitzrayim, is read as meaning narrow straits.

### Examples

- Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped. (Prophets 2SA.22.37, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enlarged/#x1)
- The troubles of my heart are enlarged; O bring Thou me out of my distresses. (Writings PSA.25.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enlarged/#x2)
- Therefore the nether-world hath enlarged her desire, and opened her mouth without measure; and down goeth their glory, and their tumult, and their uproar, and he that rejoiceth among them. (Prophets ISA.5.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enlarged/#x3)

### Note

Opposite: reduced. In maths, an enlargement by scale factor k multiplies every length by k (the area is multiplied by k × k). Enlarge = make larger; it does not change the shape.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «enlarged» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlarged/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «enlarged» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enlarged/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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