dilating
present participle ofdilate
dilate
verb[IorT]
uk/daɪˈleɪt/us/ˈdaɪ.leɪt/to (causeapartof thebodyto)becomewiderorfurtheropen:
Thepupilsof theeyesdilate asdarknessincreases.
Thisdrugwill dilate thearteries.
Enlarging and inflating
- augmentation
- balloon
- bloat
- blow
- blow(someone/something)up
- broaden
- build(someone/something)up
- bulk
- deepen
- explosively
- fluffsomethingup
- implacably
- inflate
- inflation
- lengthen
- maximize
- reinflation
- scalesomethingup
- stretch
- widen
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Becoming bigger
Phrasal verb
dilate on/uponsomething
Examplesofdilating
dilating
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The timing of its measurement should be standardized in regard to selection of the appropriate sized balloons fordilatingstenotic pulmonary valves.
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Sodilatingupon offstage is to be 'then and there'; thus it is a foreign tongue; a language with an unknown grammar.
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We mention as a general fact thatdilatingmaps are analyzed via inverse branches considered through contracting transfer operators.
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The process of skeletonizing anddilatingthe images produced an image that thickened the ribbon without changing the length.
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Next, the fused value undergoes adilatingoperation.
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He observed a woman in the emergency department with adilatingcervical os.
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We had enough of that before the war, and everybody knows, without mydilatingon the subject, what it led to.
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I do not want to spend much timedilatingfurther on this topic at this late hour.
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I made the reference to the subject matter which we are nowdilating.
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I am certainly not going to prolong this speech bydilatingon the case for shorter speeches.
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All cycloplegics are also mydriatic (pupildilating) agents and are used as such during eye examination to better visualize the retina.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thedilatingor opening blood vessels to the skin causes hot flushing sensation and sweating reactions.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These drugs, however, are predominantly venodilators,dilatingperipheral veins and hence reducing venous return and preload to the heart.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Adilatingdevice may be passed over the guidewire to slightly enlarge the tract.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Neurological collapse can occur within a short period, with rapid onset ofdilatingpupils, loss of eye movement, unconsciousness, and respiratory failure.
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- faculty meeting
- faculty member
- faculty mentor
- ongoing development
- ongoing dialogue
- ongoing discussion
- ongoing dispute
- ongoing effort
- ongoing evaluation
- ongoing improvement
- ongoing interaction
- ongoing problem
- ongoing process
- ongoing programme
- ongoing project
- ongoing research
- ongoing series
- ongoing struggle
- ongoing study
- ongoing support
- ongoing threat
- on-guard
- on hand
- on-hand
- on high