Dictionary Definition
dilate
Verb
1 become wider; "His pupils were dilated" [syn:
distend]
2 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" [syn:
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out,
expand, expound] [ant: abridge]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From Old (and modern) French dilater, from Latin dilatare ‘spread out’, from di- + latus ‘wide’.Pronunciation
- /daɪˈleɪt/
- Rhymes: -eɪt
Verb
Translations
To enlarge; to make bigger
- Finnish: laajentaa
To become wider or larger; to expand
Derived terms
See also
Extensive Definition
- For articles with similar names, see dilation
- For the album by Bardo Pond, see Dilate (Bardo Pond album)
Dilate is the seventh studio album by singer-songwriter
Ani
DiFranco, released in 1996.
Dilate is her highest-selling record, with U.S. sales
of over 480,000 units according to SoundScan.
Track listing
All songs by Ani DiFranco, except where noted.- "Untouchable Face" – 4:38
- "Outta Me, Onto You" – 4:35
- "Superhero" – 4:45
- "Dilate" – 4:48
- "Amazing Grace" (John Newton) – 7:07
- "Napoleon" – 6:24
- "Shameless" – 4:51
- "Done Wrong" – 6:31
- "Going Down" – 4:50
- "Adam and Eve" – 6:37
- "Joyful Girl" – 5:04
Samples
Personnel
- Ani DiFranco – synthesizer, acoustic guitar, bass, guitar, bongos, electric guitar, steel guitar, Hammond organ, vocals, thumb piano
- Michael Ramos – Hammond organ
- Andy Stochansky – drums
- David Travers-Smith – trumpet
Production
- Producer – Ani DiFranco
- Engineers – Robin Aubé, Bob Doidge, Andrew Gilchrist, Mark Hallman, Marty Lester, Ed Stone
- Mixing – Ani DiFranco
- Mastering – Chris Bellman
- Sampling – Ani DiFranco
- Arranger – Ani DiFranco
- Sequencing – Ani DiFranco
- Artwork – Ani DiFranco, Adam Pause
- Design – Ani DiFranco, Adam Pause
- Photography – Mark Van-S
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AlbumSynonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, bag, balloon, belly, belly out, bilge, billow, bloat, blow up, bouge, broaden, bug, build, build up, bulge, bulk, bulk out, crescendo, descant, describe, detail, develop, discuss, dissert, dissertate, distend, elaborate, enlarge, enlarge upon, evolve, expand, expatiate, explicate, extend, fill out, goggle, greaten, hike, hike up, huff, increase, inflate, lengthen, magnify, narrate, particularize, pooch, pop, pouch, pout, prolong, protract, puff, puff up, pump, pump up, raise, rarefy, recite, recount, rehearse, rehearse in extenso,
relate, relate at large,
round out, sermonize,
snowball, stretch, sufflate, swell, swell out, tumefy, unfold, up, widen, work out