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Adjective dilated has 1 sense
- dilated - made wider or larger in all dimensions; "a dilated pupil"
Antonym: contracted (indirect, via expanded)
Verb dilate has 2 senses
- dilate, distend - become wider; "His pupils were dilated"
--1 is one way to widen
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- elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate - add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
--2 is one way to clarify, clear up, elucidate
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