Associations to the word «Dilate»
Noun
- Medication
- Staring
- Pale
- Lining
- Breathing
- Hemorrhage
- Lung
- Stomach
- Margin
- Grandeur
- Digit
- Horror
- Heart
- Tortoise
- Liver
- Valve
- Steady
- Coma
- Abnormality
- Thrusting
- Diameter
- Aggregation
- Complexion
- Terror
- Cavity
- Erection
- Loop
- Flow
- Benevolence
- Toe
- Periphery
- Retention
- Fluid
- Mri
- Patient
- Oxygen
- Fright
- Enchantment
- Gloom
- Ct
- Reflex
- Stigma
- Lobe
- Stature
- Nerve
- Failure
- Tube
- Eloquence
- Drop
- Oxide
Adjective
Wiktionary
DILATE, verb. (transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger.
DILATE, verb. (intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.
DILATE, verb. (ambitransitive) To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; with "on" or "upon".
Dictionary definition
DILATE, verb. Become wider; "His pupils were dilated".
DILATE, verb. Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.