About The Word Distend
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Distend
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What's The Definition Of Distend?
[v] swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows"
[v] become wider; "His pupils were dilated" Synonyms | Synonyms for Distend: dilate Related Terms | Find terms related to Distend: 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 | develop | dilate | enlarge | expand | extend | fill out | goggle | greaten | hike | hike up | huff | increase | inflate | lengthen | magnify | pooch | pop | pouch | pout | puff | puff up | pump | pump up | raise | rarefy | round out | snowball | stretch | sufflate | swell | swell out | tumefy | up | widen See Also | intumesce | swell | swell up | tumefy | widen Distend In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distended}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Distending}.] [L. distendere, distentum, distensum;
dis- + tendere to stretch, stretch out: cf. F. distendre to
distend, d['e]tendre to unbend. See {Tend}, and cf.
{Detent}.]
1. To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to
stretch. [R.]
But say, what mean those colored streaks in heaven
Distended as the brow of God appeased? --Milton.
2. To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to
enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to
produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a
bladder, the stomach, etc.
The warmth distends the chinks. --Dryden.
Syn: To dilate; expand; enlarge; swell; inflate.
\Dis*tend"\, v. i. To become expanded or inflated; to swell. ``His heart distends with pride.'' --Milton. |
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