English dictionary

distend

/d/I/'st/E/nd/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

become wider

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Synonyms dilate

Source: WordNet 3.0
cause to expand as it by internal pressure

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Examples
The gas distended the animal's body.

Source: WordNet 3.0
swell from or as if from internal pressure

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Examples
The distended bellies of the starving cows.

Source: WordNet 3.0
To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch.

verb

Source: webster1913
To become expanded or inflated; to swell.

verb

Source: webster1913