Definition of dilate

"dilate" in the verb sense

1. 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"

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Quotations for dilate

I see the spectacle of morning from the hilltop over against my house, from daybreak to sunrise, with emotions which an angel might share. The long slender bars of cloud float like fishes in the sea of crimson light. From the earth, as a shore, I look out into that silent sea. I seem to partake its rapid transformations; the active enchantment reaches my dust, and I dilate and conspire with the morning wind. [ Emerson ]

dilate in Scrabble®

The word dilate is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters dilate:

TAILED
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dilate in Words With Friends™

The word dilate is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters dilate:

DILATE
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TAILED
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Words containing the sequence dilate

Words that start with dilate (5 words)

Words that end with dilate (6 words)

Word Growth involving dilate

Shorter words in dilate

at ate late

la late

Longer words containing dilate

bronchodilate bronchodilated

bronchodilate bronchodilates

dilated bronchodilated

dilated nondilated

dilated overdilated

dilated redilated

dilated underdilated

dilated undilated

dilater dilaters

dilates bronchodilates

dilates overdilates

dilates redilates

dilates underdilates

overdilate overdilated

overdilate overdilates

redilate redilated

redilate redilates

underdilate underdilated

underdilate underdilates

vasodilate