VERB | change | dilate, distend | become wider |
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communication | dilate, elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound | add details, as to an account or idea |
Sounds | dayley't | |
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Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... |
Meaning | Become wider. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "His pupils were dilated" | |
Synonym | distend | |
Broader | widen | Become broader or wider or more extensive |
Spanish | dilatarse, dilatar | |
Catalan | dilatar, distendre | |
Nouns | dilatation | the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions |
dilation, dilatation | the act of expanding an aperture | |
dilator | a surgical instrument that is used to dilate or distend an opening or an organ | |
dilator | a drug that causes dilation | |
dilator | a muscle or nerve that dilates or widens a body part |
Meaning | add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning / meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
Synonyms | elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound | |
Narrower | detail | Provide details for |
exemplify, illustrate, instance | clarify by giving an example of | |
set forth, expound, exposit | state | |
specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise | Be specific about | |
Broader | clarify, clear up, elucidate | make clear and (more) comprehensible |
Opposite | abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce | Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
Spanish | ampliar, dilatarse, expandir, explicar, exponer, extenderse | |
Catalan | ampliar, expandir | |
Nouns | dilation | a lengthy discussion (spoken or written) on a particular topic |
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