blow up in WordNet English dictionary

1. add details to
   embroider  pad  lard  embellish  aggrandize  aggrandise  blow up  dramatize  dramatise 
   
2. exaggerate or make bigger
   "The charges were inflated"
   inflate  blow up  expand  amplify 
   
3. make large
   "blow up an image"
   blow up  enlarge  magnify 
   
4. to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
   "puffed out chests"
   puff  puff up  blow up  puff out 
   
5. cause to burst with a violent release of energy
   "We exploded the nuclear bomb"
   explode  detonate  blow up  set off 
   
6. fill with gas or air
   "inflate a balloons"
   inflate  blow up 
   
7. burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"
   "The Molotov cocktail exploded"
   detonate  explode  blow up 
   

blow up in English Wiktionary