ENGLISH: exaggerate - CREOLE: egzajere



Overview of verb exaggerate



The verb exaggerate has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (14) overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify -- (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery")

2. (2) overdo, exaggerate -- (do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups")

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