dilated Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb become wider
distend; dilate.
- His pupils were dilated
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verb add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
expound; lucubrate; dilate; expatiate; elaborate; enlarge; exposit; flesh out; expand.
- She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
WordNet
Di*lat"ed adjective
Definitions
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Expanded; enlarged. Shak. -
(Bot.) Widening into a lamina or into lateral winglike appendages. -
(Zoöl.) Having the margin wide and spreading.
