Expanded; enlarged.

Widening into a lamina or into lateral winglike appendages.

Having the margin wide and spreading.

Expanded or flattened ; parts of insects, etc., with a wide margin.

She laughed, and at the old painful memories she dilated in the old way, and I felt the old tremor at seeing her soul flung quivering on my pity. – The White Peacock by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

The men pulled with set lips and dilated nostrils, breathing hard. – An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad

When the check system is in control, the pupils are large and dilated. – The Glands Regulating Personality by Louis Berman, M.D.

Anthony Fry's pupils dilated. – In And Out by Edgar Franklin

Bela's nostrils were dilated, and her lip oddly turned back. – The Huntress by Hulbert Footner

Jessie's eyes dilated as she looked at the speaker, and thought of her uncle's words a short time before. – The Parson O' Dumford by George Manville Fenn

Suddenly the bronco's ears pricked, its sharp eyes dilated. – Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West by William MacLeod Raine

Ahmed remained silent for a few seconds, and the girl gazed upon him with dilated, fascinated eyes. – Six Women by Victoria Cross

As full understanding of what her mother said came home to Johnnie, her eyes dilated in her pale face. – The Power and the Glory by Grace MacGowan Cooke

She fell to tapping the broad toe of her shoe, her light, dilated eyes staring above his head. – Gaslight Sonatas by Fannie Hurst

The latter, resting upon his hands and knees, with his neck stretched forward, his eye fixed and dilated, continued motionless as a wild beast about to spring. – The Wandering Jew, Book II. by Eugene Sue

She looked at him with dilated eyes. – The Golden Web by Anthony Partridge

Slowly, slowly, it rose, until it was free of the catch, and then there was a pause of a quarter minute or more, while I still eat silent with dilated eyes and drawn sabre. – Danger! and Other Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle

The eyes of the woman dilated, she trembled with a sudden rush of anger, then stood still, staring in front of her without a word. – Northern Lights by Gilbert Parker

A chill ran through her veins, she began to be afraid, yet could not leave the portrait, and stood gazing upward with dilated eyes. – The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers by Georg Ebers

Her eyes dilated with terror, a convulsive trembling seized her. – Esther A Book for Girls by Rosa Nouchette Carey