dilate

verb · adjectiveA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

dilates

V_ing/Gerund

dilating

V_ed/pp

dilateddelate

1.
(transitive)To enlarge; to make bigger.
The eye doctor put drops in my eye to dilate the pupil so he could see the nerve better.
2.
(intransitive)To become wider or larger; to expand.
His heart dilates and glories in his strength.
3.
(ambitransitive)To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; with "on" or "upon".
4.
(ambitransitive)(medicine, ambitransitive) To use a dilator to widen (something, such as a vagina).
5.
(obsolete, transitive)To delay, defer.
6.
(obsolete, transitive)To prolong, lengthen.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more dilate

Superlative

most dilate

1.
(archaic, obsolete)Carried in different ways, spread, abroad, dispersed, published.

Từ liên quan

Trái nghĩa

contract

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro 1393, in Middle English; Middle English dilaten, from Old French dilater, from Latin dīlātō (to spread out), from dī- + lātus (wide) + -ō. dilatate.