dilate
/daɪˈleɪt/verb
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फैलना, विस्तारित होना
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[I, T]
to become or to make something larger, wider or more open
फैलना, विस्तारित होना
- The pupils of the eyes dilate in the dark.
- The doctor put drops in her eyes to dilate the pupils.
- Her pupils dilated in the dim light of the cinema.
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- Heat makes blood vessels dilate so that the body can cool down.
- The doctor said the veins in his legs had begun to dilate.
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[I] ~ on/upon sth formal
to speak or write a lot about something
विस्तार से कहना
- He dilated on the history of the city.
- The old guide dilated on the history of the fort for almost an hour.
- She dilated on the importance of discipline for nearly an hour.
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- The speaker dilated on his travels in the north-east.
- I will not dilate on this point, as you all know it well.
Synonyms expand on elaborate on expatiate enlarge on
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di·late
With -late (not 'dialate').
अंत में -late ('dialate' गलत है)।
?Which word?
Keep apart dilate (become wider) and delay (make late).
Dilate (चौड़ा होना) और delay (देर करना) को अलग रखिए।
Keep the widen words together: dilate, expand, widen, distend (swell because of pressure from inside), enlarge.
चौड़ा होने के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: dilate, expand, widen, distend (भीतरी दबाव से फूलना), enlarge।
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General knowledge
Science: the pupil of the eye dilates (becomes larger) in dim light and contracts in bright light, controlled by the iris; blood vessels dilate (vasodilation) in heat.
विज्ञान में आँख की पुतली मंद प्रकाश में फैलती है और तेज़ प्रकाश में सिकुड़ती है, जिसे iris नियंत्रित करती है; गर्मी में रक्त-वाहिकाएँ फैलती हैं (vasodilation)।