dilate
verb (used with object)
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
are dilating
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present progressiveof dilate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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There are shots in the movie — I don't really watch myself that often, but I watched this — where my pupils are dilating.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2023
It must be remembered that the lungs are dilating each time a breath is taken in, and contracting each time a breath of air is expelled.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
