Australian English Meaning of dilate
dilate
Other Australian English words related to dilate
- accelerate
- augment
- distend
- enlarge
- expand
- extend
- increase
- inflate
- multiply
- swell
- add (to)
- aggrandise
- amplify
- Blow-up
- boom
- boost
- build up
- compound
- Develop
- draw out
- elongate
- improve
- Escalate
- heighten
- Intensify
- jump
- lengthen
- magnify
- extend
- protract
- raise
- skyrocket
- spike
- stoke
- Stretch
- supplement
- up
- go up
- Flesh out
- pump up
- ratchet up
- supersize
- complement
- Hype
- maximise
- reinforce
- reinforce
- strengthen
- Beef (up)
- ratchet (up)
Nearest Words of dilate
Definitions and Meaning of dilate in English
dilate (v)
become wider
add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
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.
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.
dilate (a.)
Extensive; expanded.
FAQs About the word dilate
dilate
become wider, add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writingTo expand; to distend; to enlarge
accelerate,augment,distend,enlarge,expand,extend,increase,inflate,multiply,swell
abbreviate,Abridge,compress,condense,constrict,Contract,cut back,shorten,Decrease,diminish
dilatator => dilator, dilatation and curettage => dilation and curettage, dilatation => dilation, dilatable => Dilatable, dilatability => Dilatability,