To heap up; accumulate.To increase immoderately or extravagantly; make incongruously large or extended; amplify beyond proper bounds.To cause to appear immoderately large or important; amplify in representation or apprehension; enlarge beyond truth or reason.In the fine arts, to heighten extravagantly or disproportionately in effect or design: as, to exaggerate particular features in a painting or statue.To amplify unduly in thought or in description; use exaggeration in speech or writing.