Word Meaning

dilated definition and meaning

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.
v. t. To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely.
v. i. To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions.
v. i. To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; -- with on or upon.
a. Extensive; expanded.
imp. & p. p. of Dilate
a. Expanded; enlarged.
a. Widening into a lamina or into lateral winglike appendages.
a. Having the margin wide and spreading.

Crossword clues for dilated

- Broaden
- Dial 8, listen and open up
- Enlarge
- Enlarge (pupils)
- Expand
- Expand (of pupils)
- Widen
- Enlarged (pupils)
- Expanded, of pupils, etc
- Opened wide
- Widened