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dilate

(d/aI/'l/eI/t )

become wider(verb.change)

Example:
His pupils were dilated.

Synonym:
distend

source: wordnet30
add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing(verb.communication)

Synonym:
elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate
Antonym:
abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions.(verb)

source: webster1913

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