Word "DILATE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
Synonyms:
elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
become wider
Synonyms:
distend
Examples:
His pupils were dilated

Crossword Clues for DILATE

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Open wider, as a pupil The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 22 Jul 2025
Become more open (6)
Grow wider (of pupils) (6)
Dial 8, listen and open up (6)
Speak at length about detail
Grow wider (6) Puzzler 20 Apr 2025
Get larger fruit I left inside
Enlarge detail for training (6)
I'd turn up after time and get bigger (6)
Spread out, apart (6)
Something a pupil may do
Figure slow to open up (6)
Get wider, as pupils Universal 05 Feb 2025
Open letters after a time (6)
Detail cooking for spread (6)
Speak in (or from) detail... (6)
Expand appointment, having one left (6)
Expand new detail Mirror Cryptic 26 Oct 2024
Widen Mirror Quick 26 Oct 2024
Widen, as pupils New York Times 21 Oct 2024
Go into unusual detail? (6)
Enlarge Puzzler Backwords 27 Aug 2024
Become wider Commuter 22 Jul 2024
Widen, as your pupils Newsday 05 Jun 2024
Become bigger, pupils will ...
Enlarge The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 02 Jun 2024
I'd return after time to explain more fully (6)
To enlarge or become wider (6)
Widen especially eye pupils
Widen (pupils)
Deal it in order to enlarge it (6)
Expand, as the pupils in one's eyes might
When pupils get bigger, they die late, apparently (6)
Grow wider (eye pupils) (6)
To make wider just ring "8" reportedly (6)
I'd returned behind time to speak at length (6)
Enlarge The Telegraph Quick 15 Feb 2024
How my eyes will widen when I let an ad influence me (6)
Grow wider Premier Sunday 14 Jan 2024
Widen, as pupils Newsday 13 Dec 2023
Widen, as the eye's pupils Newsday 02 Oct 2023
Widen, as a pupil LA Times Daily 20 Aug 2023
Widen at an eye exam Universal 07 Jul 2023
Grow wider LA Times Daily 10 Feb 2023
Get wider Newsday 22 Sep 2022
Widen Thomas Joseph 27 Aug 2022
Open wider Newsday 20 May 2022
Expand, as a pupil The Washington Post Sunday 08 May 2022
Enlarge, like pupils Universal 04 Apr 2022
Widen, like pupils Universal 15 Mar 2022
Stretch and have a long life, it is said
Stretch and have a long life, it is said The Guardian Cryptic 23 Feb 2022
Become larger or further open, as eye pupils perhaps Irish Times Simplex 14 Feb 2022
Widen with eyedrops The Washington Post Sunday 12 Dec 2021
Become wider USA Today 01 Dec 2021
Widen like pupils USA Today 25 Nov 2021
Swell time touring Istanbul on vacation
Widen Thomas Joseph 17 Nov 2021
What pupils may do during an exam? Universal 24 Aug 2021
Cause to expand Newsday 04 Jun 2021
Widen, as pupils Universal 26 May 2021
The Italian employed in time to prepare pupils for examination? The Telegraph Cryptic 17 May 2021
Expand, enlarge The Times Concise 15 Apr 2021
Widen, as pupils LA Times Daily 07 Apr 2021
Widen, as pupils The Washington Post 07 Apr 2021
Widen Eugene Sheffer 13 Mar 2021
Widen Newsday 18 Dec 2020
Spread for which I'd turned up behind schedule
Get wider, as eyes Family Time 18 Oct 2020
Pupils do it in the dark The Washington Post 16 Aug 2020
Pupils do it in the dark LA Times Daily 16 Aug 2020
Widen Thomas Joseph 03 Mar 2020
Grow wider Wall Street Journal 14 Dec 2019
Widen
Widen New York Times 19 Nov 2019
Enlarge muscle; fail to keep it
Spread out Newsday 29 Jun 2019
Widen Wall Street Journal 22 Jun 2019
Open wide Newsday 20 Jun 2019
Widen The Washington Post 10 Feb 2019
Widen LA Times Daily 10 Feb 2019
Widen
Widen
Prepare pupils for exam? The Sun Two Speed 22 Sep 2018
Make wider The Sun Two Speed 22 Sep 2018
Become wider or more open Irish Times Simplex 13 Sep 2018
Swell girl departed The Telegraph Cryptic 13 Sep 2018
Get bigger Detective Inspector in front of deceased
Widen, as pupils Newsday 18 Mar 2018
Widen, as a pupil USA Today 09 Feb 2018
Stretch to live long, they say
Widen, as pupils
Widen, as a pupil
One learner tucked into fruit -- that's what growing pupils do The Telegraph Cryptic 24 Sep 2017
Become wider Wall Street Journal 28 Jun 2017
Enlarge The Telegraph Quick 26 Mar 2017
Make wider or larger The Times Concise 23 Mar 2017
Make wider Wall Street Journal 24 Dec 2016
Swell girl keeping one waiting? The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Nov 2016
Cover up a case of these and expand The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Nov 2016
A great number and I with fantastic tale to speak at length
Distend Premier Sunday 09 Oct 2016
Call a number on the phone to speak at length The Times Cryptic 27 Sep 2016
Call a number on the phone to speak at length
Fish brought back recently get spread out
Widen The Guardian Speedy 03 Sep 2016
Swell rendezvous in France he interrupts
Prepare pupils for an exam? Universal 29 Jul 2016
Senior copper and others rejected spread
Widen, as pupils Eugene Sheffer 23 May 2016
Make larger The Washington Post 10 May 2016
Become wider or more open The Times Concise 19 Jan 2016
Expand The Guardian Speedy 17 Jan 2016
Prepare pupils for an exam?
Enlarge deli at resort The Sun Two Speed 29 Dec 2015
Become bigger (pupils) The Sun Two Speed 29 Dec 2015
Help grow, as pupils The Washington Post 29 Dec 2015
Prepare pupils for examination USA Today 18 Dec 2015
Become larger, as a pupil Universal 03 Oct 2015
Cause to expand, as pupils Universal 27 Jun 2015
Little girl slow to develop
Prepare pupils for an exam? USA Today 07 May 2015
Expand, as pupils Universal 01 Mar 2015
Prepare pupils for examination
Expand, as pupils
Cause to expand, as pupils
Become larger, as a pupil
Widen
Prepare pupils for an exam?
Widen, as a pupil
Broaden, as a pupil
Spread out hat that's turned over and put away
Widen, as pupils
Widen, as the eye's pupils
Expand
Open wider, as a pupil
Get wider
Become wider, as pupils
Grow wider
Get pupils ready for a test?
Grow, as a pupil
Spread out
Widen
Expand
Widen, as pupils
Prepare pupils for an exam?
Get wider
Prepare pupils for an exam?
Widen
What pupils do in the dark
What pupils do in the dark
Widen, as a pupil
Cause to expand
Make wider
Make wider
Prepare pupils for examination
Cause to expand
Swell
Cause to expand
Expand
Expand
Get wider
What a good pupil should do
Widen
Become wider
Expand the pupils
Expand
Enlarge
Widen
Cause to expand
Expand
Make wider or larger
Expand
Enlarge
Enlarge, as pupils
Extend
Swell or expand
Expand
Expand pupils
Make larger.
Speak or write in detail (on a subject).
Expand.
Swell.
Enlarge.
Opposite of contract.
Comment at length
Enlarge upon.
Extend in size.
Become larger.
Expatiate (on).
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