'Dilated' definitions:
Definition of 'Dilated'
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 'Dilated'
From: GCIDE
- Dilated \Di*lat"ed\, a.
- 1. Expanded; enlarged. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) Widening into a lamina or into lateral winglike appendages. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) Having the margin wide and spreading. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'dilated'
From: GCIDE
- expanded \expanded\ adj. increased in extent or size or bulk or scope. Opposite of contracted. [Narrower terms: blown-up, enlarged; dilated; distended, swollen; inflated] [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. (Printnig) wider than usual for a particular height; -- of printers' type. Contrasted with condensed.
- Syn: extended. [WordNet 1.5]