English-German translation for "dilate"

"dilate" German translation

dilate
[daiˈleit; di-]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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  • (aus)dehnen, (aus)weiten, erweitern
    dilate
    dilate
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  • weitläufig erzählen
    dilate rare | seltenselten (relate in long-winded way)
    dilate rare | seltenselten (relate in long-winded way)
dilate
[daiˈleit; di-]intransitive verb | intransitives Verb v/i

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  • sich (aus)dehnen, sich verbreiten, sich (aus)weiten, sich erweitern
    dilate spread out
    dilate spread out
  • sich (ausführlich) verbreitenor | oder od auslassen (on, upon überaccusative (case) | Akkusativ akk)
    dilate go on about figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    dilate go on about figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
  • dilate syn vgl. → see „expand
    dilate syn vgl. → see „expand
Seine Stimme und seine Hand bebten; seine Augen funkelten; und dennoch wagte ich zu sprechen:
His voice and hand quivered: his large nostrils dilated; his eye blazed: still I dared to speak.
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