Thesaurus: dilate

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1. v. t. 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.
2. v. t. To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely.
3. v. i. To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions.
4. v. i. To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; -- with on or upon.
5. a. Extensive; expanded.
6. v. become wider
7. v. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing