Definition of dilate

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Dilate (v. i.) To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions.

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Receptacle :: Receptacle (n.) The dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a common support to a head of flowers.
Swelling :: Swellfish (n.) Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon..
Dilated :: Dilated (a.) Expanded; enlarged.
Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the population..
Tunicata :: Tunicata (n. pl.) A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate, in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by some writers united with the latter. They were formerly classed with acephalous mollusks. The body is usually covered with a firm external tunic, consisting in part of cellulose, and having two openings, one for the entrance and one for the exit of water. The pharynx is usually dilated in the form of a sac, pierced by several series of ciliated slits, and se
Shieldtail :: Shieldtail (n.) Any species of small burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltidae, native of Ceylon and Southern Asia. They have a small mouth which can not be dilated..
Dilatation :: Dilatation (n.) The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on al/ sides; the state of being dilated; dilation.
Ampulliform :: Ampulliform (a.) Flask-shaped; dilated.
Delate :: Delate (v. i.) To dilate.
Dilatedly :: Dilatedly (adv.) In a dilated manner.
Gynobase :: Gynobase (n.) A dilated base or receptacle, supporting a multilocular ovary..
Angioma :: Angioma (n.) A tumor composed chiefly of dilated blood vessels.
Puff :: Puff (n.) To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
Enlarge :: Enlarge (v. i.) To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate; to dilate.
Pouter :: Pouter (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for the extent to which it is able to dilate its throat and breast.
Dilatator :: Dilatator (n.) A muscle which dilates any part; a dilator.
Subdititious :: Subdilated (a.) Partially dilated.
Expand :: Expand (v. t.) To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence..
Dilative :: Dilative (a.) Causing dilation; tending to dilate, on enlarge; expansive..
Expansive :: Expansive (a.) Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air..
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