Definition of "dilate" in English

verb

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. (medicine, ambitransitive) To use a dilator to widen (something, such as a vagina).

verb

1. (transitive) To delay, defer.

2. (transitive) To prolong, lengthen.

adjective

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