dilated Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb become wider
    distend; dilate.
    • His pupils were dilated
  2. verb add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
    expound; lucubrate; dilate; expatiate; elaborate; enlarge; exposit; flesh out; expand.
    • She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation

WordNet


Di*lat"ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Expanded; enlarged. Shak.
  2. (Bot.) Widening into a lamina or into lateral winglike appendages.
  3. (Zoöl.) Having the margin wide and spreading.

Webster 1913