English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "vergroot" is om iets groter te laat lyk as wat dit werklik is, of om die belangrikheid of betekenis van iets te oordryf. Dit kan ook verwys na die handeling om die grootte of skaal van iets te vergroot, soos deur die gebruik van 'n vergrootglas of 'n teleskoop.

Synonyms

  1. exaggerated
  2. enlarged

Sentence Examples

  1. Its discordant bellows echoed around the Passages, magnified by the magic thick in the air.
  2. The menacing reflection of the fire in his eyes, magnified in that detestable monocle, made Chadwick stir.
  3. His aviator glasses magnified the twinkle in his eye.
  4. The combination of my running and the caretaker swinging had magnified the impact of the shovel.
  5. The altar glowed, the light magnified by her tears.
  6. The danger was, therefore, magnified exactly in proportion to the number of the savage spirits by which they were surrounded.
  7. This was magnified when I stepped outside for the post and was pelted by a spring downpour before slipping and tearing open the elbow of my shirt, not to mention the skin beneath.
  8. Remembering how the power of Heaven itself had channeled through him and how his feeling for a mortal woman had taken all of that and magnified it and given the control of it to him.
  9. My eyes followed the building to the top, where I saw a metal circle that looked like a magnified glass pressed against the window along with a pipe-shaped object.
  10. Then it was he wished for the sword of Amadis, against which no enchantment whatever had any power then he cursed his ill fortune then he magnified the loss the world would sustain by his absence while he remained there enchanted, for that he believed he was beyond all doubt then he once more took to thinking of his beloved Dulcinea del Toboso then he called to his worthy squire Sancho Panza, who, buried in sleep and stretched upon the pack-saddle of his ass, was oblivious, at that moment, of the mother that bore him then he called upon the sages Lirgandeo and Alquife to come to his aid then he invoked his good friend Urganda to succour him and then, at last, morning found him in such a state of desperation and perplexity that he was bellowing like a bull, for he had no hope that day would bring any relief to his suffering, which he believed would last for ever, inasmuch as he was enchanted and of this he was convinced by seeing that Rocinante never stirred, much or little, and he felt persuaded that he and his horse were to remain in this state, without eating or drinking or sleeping, until the malign influence of the stars was overpast, or until some other more sage enchanter should disenchant him.