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dilate
Overview of verb dilate
The verb dilate has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (6) dilate, distend -- (become wider; "His pupils were dilated")
2. elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate -- (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")
Grep of noun dilate
dilater
Antonyms of verb dilate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dilate
2 senses of dilate
Sense 1
dilate, distend
=> widen
=> increase
=> change magnitude
=> change
Sense 2
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
=> clarify, clear up, elucidate
=> explain, explicate
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb dilate
1 of 2 senses of dilate
Sense 2
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
=> detail
=> set forth, expound, exposit
=> exemplify, illustrate, instance
=> specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dilate
2 senses of dilate
Sense 1
dilate, distend
=> widen
Sense 2
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
=> clarify, clear up, elucidate
'Cause To' of verb dilate
Derived Forms of verb dilate
2 senses of dilate
Sense 1
dilate, distend
RELATED TO>(noun) dilator#1
=> dilator
RELATED TO>(noun) dilator#2
=> dilator
RELATED TO>(noun) dilator#3
=> dilator, dilater
RELATED TO>(noun) dilation#2
=> dilation, dilatation
RELATED TO>(noun) dilatation#1
=> dilatation, distension, distention
RELATED TO>(noun) dilatation#2
=> dilation, dilatation
Sense 2
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
RELATED TO>(noun) dilation#1
=> dilation
Domain of verb dilate
Domain Terms of verb dilate
Familiarity of verb dilate
dilate used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb dilate
2 senses of dilate
Sense 1
dilate, distend
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
*> Somebody ----s PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb dilate
2 senses of dilate
Sense 1
dilate, distend
> widen
=> flare out, flare
=> dilate, distend
Sense 2
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
> clarify, clear up, elucidate
=> demystify
=> clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
=> elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
=> disambiguate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb dilate
Sense 1
dilate, distend
=> widen
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Sense 2
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
=> clarify, clear up, elucidate
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Grep of verb dilate
dilate
Grep of adj dilate
dilated
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