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Meaning of 'dilate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dilate [ a.]
- Extensive; expanded.
2 . Dilate [ v. i.]
- To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions.
- To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; -- with on or upon.
3 . Dilate [ 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.
- To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely.

Meaning of 'dilate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dilate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- become wider
Example in sentence:
  • His pupils were dilated
Meaning (2):
- add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
Example in sentence:
  • She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation

Nearby Words:

dilacerate dilacerated dilacerating dilaceration dilaniate dilaniation dilapidate dilapidated dilapidating dilapidation

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