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Dilate - English meaning

Dilate – definitions in English dictionary

verb

Make or become wider, larger, or more open.

Usage examples:

Her eyes dilated with horror

Synonims:

EnlargeBecome largerWidenBecome widerExpandDistendSwell
verb

To become or make something, esp. an opening, wider or more open

Usage examples:

[ t ] the doctor put drops in my eyes to dilate the pupils.

Dilate translation into English

Dilate: translate from English into Chinese

Translate dilate into Chinese (Simplified)}
扩张, 膨胀, 使膨胀

Dilate: translate from English into Dutch

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Verwijden, Uitzetten, Zich verwijden, Doen uitzetten, Opensperren, Uitbreiden, Openspalken

Dilate: translate from English into French

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Dilater

Dilate: translate from English into German

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Erweitern, Dehnen, Sich weiten, Sich erweitern, Blähen, Sich vergrößern

Dilate: translate from English into Hindi

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चौड़ा करना, विस्तार करना, तानना, तान देना, खींचकर लंबा करना, फैलाना या फैलना, बढ़ाना या बढ़ना, विस्‍तृत करना या विस्‍तृत होना, विस्‍तार से बताना या लिखना, सविस्तार वर्णन करना

Dilate: translate from English into Italian

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Dilatare, Dilatarsi

Dilate: translate from English into Korean

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넓히다, 자세히 말하다, 자세히 쓰다, 팽창시키다, 넓어지다

Dilate: translate from English into Russian

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Расширяться, Распространяться, Расширять

Dilate: translate from English into Spanish

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Dilatar, Dilatarse, Realizar una dilatación

Word origin

late Middle English: from Old French dilater, from Latin dilatare ‘spread out’, from di- ‘apart’ + latus ‘wide’.

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Dilate – similar words

dilatancy

noun

The phenomenon exhibited by some fluids, sols, and gels in which they become more viscous or solid under pressure.

Usage examples:

Grain-scale brittle dilatancy would increase permeability, readily promoting the influx of co2-rich…
noun

The property of some substances to become more solid under pressure

Usage examples:

Dilatancy is the change of overall volume produced by strain in an assembly of particles., the very…
Dilatancy - all meanings in English

Dilate synonims

distend

verb

Swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside.

Usage examples:

The abdomen distended rapidly
verb

(usually of the stomach or another part of the body) to swell and become large, especially because of pressure from inside

Usage examples:

During digestion, sugar may produce wind that distends the stomach., the medication i take causes m…
Distend - all meanings in English

enlarge

verb

Make or become larger or more extensive.

Usage examples:

They have renovated and enlarged the four-storey building
verb

To become larger, or to cause something to become larger

Usage examples:

The city council voted to enlarge the park., he suffers from an enlarged heart.
verb

To become bigger, or to make something bigger

Usage examples:

The inclusion of customs receipts will enlarge the available pool of money., enlarged business/comp…
Enlarge - all meanings in English

expand

verb

Become or make larger or more extensive.

Usage examples:

Their business expanded into other hotels
verb

Extend in one or more directions

verb

To increase something in size, number, or importance

Usage examples:

[ i ] the air in the balloon expands when heated., [ t ] they expanded their number of stores signi…
Expand - all meanings in English

swell

verb

(especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.

Usage examples:

Her bruised knee was already swelling up
noun

A full or gently rounded shape or form.

Usage examples:

The soft swell of her breast
adjective

Excellent; very good.

Usage examples:

You're looking swell
Swell - all meanings in English

widen

verb

Make or become wider.

Usage examples:

We should widen the scope of our investigation
verb

To become farther in distance from one side to the other

Usage examples:

[ i ] after it passes through town, the road widens., [ t ] let’s widen the discussion by listening…
Widen - all meanings in English

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