'Dilate' definitions:
Definition of 'dilate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Become wider; "His pupils were dilated" [syn: dilate, distend]
verb
Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" [syn: elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate] [ant: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten]
Definition of 'Dilate'
From: GCIDE
- Dilate \Di*late"\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dilated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dilating.] [L. dilatare; either fr. di- = dis- + latus wide, not the same word as latus, used as p. p. of ferre to bear (see Latitude); or fr. dilatus, used as p. p. of differre to separate (see Delay, Tolerate, Differ, and cf. Dilatory): cf. F. dilater.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Do me the favor to dilate at full What hath befallen of them and thee till now. --Shak.
- Syn: To expand; swell; distend; enlarge; spread out; amplify; expatiate. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dilate'
From: GCIDE
- Dilate \Di*late"\, v. i.
- 1. To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions. [1913 Webster]
- His heart dilates and glories in his strength. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; -- with on or upon. [1913 Webster]
- But still on their ancient joys dilate. --Crabbe. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dilate'
From: GCIDE
- Dilate \Di*late"\, a. Extensive; expanded. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dilate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- add to,
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- augment,
- bag,
- balloon,
- belly,
- belly out,
- bilge,
- billow,
- bloat,
- blow up,
- bouge,
- broaden,
- bug,
- build,
- build up,
- bulge,
- bulk,
- bulk out,
- crescendo,
- descant,
- describe,
- detail,
- develop,
- discuss,
- dissert,
- dissertate,
- distend,
- elaborate,
- enlarge,
- enlarge upon,
- evolve,
- expand,
- expatiate,
- explicate,
- extend,
- fill out,
- goggle,
- greaten,
- hike,
- hike up,
- huff,
- increase,
- inflate,
- lengthen,
- magnify,
- narrate,
- particularize,
- pooch,
- pop,
- pouch,
- pout,
- prolong,
- protract,
- puff,
- puff up,
- pump,
- pump up,
- raise,
- rarefy,
- recite,
- recount,
- rehearse,
- rehearse in extenso,
- relate,
- relate at large,
- round out,
- sermonize,
- snowball,
- stretch,
- sufflate,
- swell,
- swell out,
- tumefy,
- unfold,
- up,
- widen,
- work out