глагол 1) расширяться Например: The pupil has the property of contracting and dilating. — Зрачок обладает свойством сокращаться и расширяться. Синоним(ы): widen, expand, enlarge, amplify, swell 2) распространяться, пространно выражать мысли Например: to dilate on / upon something — пространно говорить о чем-либо It is needless to dilate. — Нет нужды распространяться об этом. Синоним(ы): discourse, expatiate
verb (dilated; dilating) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French dilater, from Latin dilatare, literally, to spread wide, from dis- + latus wide — more at latitude transitive verb 1. archaic to describe or set forth at length or in detail 2. to enlarge or expand in bulk or extent; distend, widen intransitive verb 1. to comment at length; discourse — usually used with on or upon 2. to become wide; swell Example: the pupil of the eye dilates and contracts Synonyms: see expand • dilatability noun • dilatable adjective • dilator noun