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distend::verb | Spocien Dictionary

distend

verb

/dɪ'stɛnd/

become wider

Type	Words
Synonyms	dilate
Type of	widen
Derivation	distention, distensible, distension

distend

verb

/dɪ'stɛnd/

cause to expand as it by internal pressure

Type	Words
Type of	bloat
Derivation	distention

The gas distended the animal's body.

distend

verb

/dɪ'stɛnd/

swell from or as if from internal pressure

Type	Words
Type of	intumesce, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce
Derivation	distension, distention

The distended bellies of the starving cows.