Definition of dilate

adjective (a)

• Extensive; expanded. (adjective)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• become wider (verb.change)

  Synonym: distend
  

  Example:
  His pupils were dilated.
  

  source: wordnet30
• add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing (verb.communication)

  Synonym: elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate
  Antonym: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten
  

  source: wordnet30
• To expand; to distend; to enlarge or extend in all directions; to swell; -- opposed to contract; as, the air dilates the lungs; air is dilated by increase of heat. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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