DILATE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • become wider
   Synonym(s)
   • distend (what does distend mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • His pupils were dilated
   Hypernyms(s) dilate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • widen (what does widen mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • distention (what does distention mean?)
   • distension (what does distension mean?)
   • dilatation (what does dilatation mean?)
   • distension (what does distension mean?)
   • distention (what does distention mean?)
   • distention (what does distention mean?)
   • distension (what does distension mean?)
   • dilator (what does dilator mean?)
   • dilator (what does dilator mean?)
   • dilator (what does dilator mean?)
   • dilater (what does dilater mean?)
   • dilation (what does dilation mean?)
   • dilatation (what does dilatation mean?)
   • dilatation (what does dilatation mean?)
   • distension (what does distension mean?)
   • distention (what does distention mean?)
   • dilation (what does dilation mean?)
   • dilatation (what does dilatation mean?)
2. Meaning
   • add details, as to an account or idea
   • clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
   Synonym(s)
   • elaborate (what does elaborate mean?)
   • enlarge (what does enlarge mean?)
   • expand (what does expand mean?)
   • expatiate (what does expatiate mean?)
   • exposit (what does exposit mean?)
   • expound (what does expound mean?)
   • flesh out (what does flesh out mean?)
   • lucubrate (what does lucubrate mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
   Hypernyms(s) dilate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • clarify (what does clarify mean?)
   • clear up (what does clear up mean?)
   • elucidate (what does elucidate mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • abridge (what does abridge mean?)
   • foreshorten (what does foreshorten mean?)
   • abbreviate (what does abbreviate mean?)
   • shorten (what does shorten mean?)
   • cut (what does cut mean?)
   • contract (what does contract mean?)
   • reduce (what does reduce mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • detail (what does detail mean?)
   • set forth (what does set forth mean?)
   • expound (what does expound mean?)
   • exposit (what does exposit mean?)
   • exemplify (what does exemplify mean?)
   • illustrate (what does illustrate mean?)
   • instance (what does instance mean?)
   • specify (what does specify mean?)
   • particularize (what does particularize mean?)
   • particularise (what does particularise mean?)
   • specialize (what does specialize mean?)
   • specialise (what does specialise mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • dilation (what does dilation mean?)
   • exponent (what does exponent mean?)
   • exposition (what does exposition mean?)
   • expounding (what does expounding mean?)
   • expansion (what does expansion mean?)
   • enlargement (what does enlargement mean?)
   • elaboration (what does elaboration mean?)
   • expansion (what does expansion mean?)
   • expanding upon (what does expanding upon mean?)
   • expansion (what does expansion mean?)
   • enlargement (what does enlargement mean?)
   • elaboration (what does elaboration mean?)
   • exposition (what does exposition mean?)
   • expatiation (what does expatiation mean?)
   • lucubration (what does lucubration mean?)
   • expansion (what does expansion mean?)
   • enlargement (what does enlargement mean?)
   • elaboration (what does elaboration mean?)
   • amplification (what does amplification mean?)
   • elaboration (what does elaboration mean?)