Dilate

[daɪ'leɪt;dɪ-] or [daɪˈlet]

Definition

(verb.) become wider; 'His pupils were dilated'.

Edited by Hardy--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely.

(v. i.) To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions.

(v. i.) To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; -- with on or upon.

(a.) Extensive; expanded.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Expand, extend, enlarge, widen, distend, swell.

v. n. [1]. Expand, widen, be distended.[2]. Expatiate, descant, enlarge, dwell, be diffuse, be prolix, launch out, branch out, spin a long yarn, beat about the bush.

Checker: Melva

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Stretch, widen, expand, swell, distend, enlarge, descant, expatiate

ANT:Narrow, contract, restrict, constrict, particularize, dissect, anatomize,concentrate, epitomize, condense

Inputed by Jackson

Definition

v.t. to spread out in all directions: to enlarge: the opposite of contract.—v.i. to widen: to swell out: to speak at length.—ns. Dilātabil′ity Dilāt′ancy Dilatā′tion Dilā′tion expansion.—adjs. Dilāt′able that may be dilated or expanded; Dilā′tant.—ns. Dī′latātor Dilāt′or Dilāt′er.—adj. Dilāt′ive.

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