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DILATE

DILATE is a 6 letter word which starts with the letter D and ends with the letter E for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(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.
(v. t.) To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely.
(v. i.) To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions.
(v. i.) To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; -- with on or upon.
(a.) Extensive; expanded.

Syllable Information

The word DILATE is a 6 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for DILATE is: di-late


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