English dictionary

dilate

/d/aI/'l/eI/t/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

become wider

verb.change

Examples
His pupils were dilated.

Synonyms distend

Source: WordNet 3.0
add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

verb.communication

Synonyms elaborate enlarge expand expatiate exposit expound flesh out lucubrate

Antonyms abbreviate abridge contract cut foreshorten reduce shorten

Source: WordNet 3.0
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