Dilate
Crossword Clue and Answers

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Publications

  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Thursday, 3 Sep 2020
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Wednesday, 26 Feb 2020
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Friday, 27 Dec 2019

Crossword Answers

5 letters

WIDEN
Become broader or wider or more extensive; "The road widened"

SWELL
A crescendo followed by a decrescendo

6 letters

EXPAND
Grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming"

DETAIL
An isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"

7 letters

ENLARGE
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"

INFLATE
Become inflated; "The sails ballooned"

DISTEND
Swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows"

EXPOSIT
State; "set forth one's reasons"

EXPOUND
State; "set forth one's reasons"

8 letters

FLESHOUT
Make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"

9 letters

LUCUBRATE
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"

ELABORATE
Marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern"

EXPATIATE
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"