to distend
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8.2
- verb
- /dɪˈstɛnd/
:
distenderse
- The coroner's report says that he had a distended rectum.
- distended neck veins
- distended neck
- distended abdomen
He glowered at her, his face red, veins in his forehead became distended.
- He glowered at her, his face red, veins in his forehead became distended.
- So I do stuff and it as I got richer and my bars got deeper and my testicles started to distend with age, I discovered that testicles float.
- And so maybe counterintuitively, it will be bigger spatially, it will distend, it will bloat, although it'll be redder, it'll be cooler.
Examples
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And yet the main arteries were distended several inches.
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If he'd eaten anything, his stomach would be distended by now.
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Hold his wrist to distend the vein so I can find it.
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I think McKenna's got a distended knee.
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They force-feed the goose so its liver distends.
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The girl tried not to stare at their distended bellies, swollen and tight as wineskins.
Fiction book (1990) -
A: At presentation, the tumor distends the lateral border of the tongue and extrudes through the mucosa.
Academic text (2006) -
The kegs are specialized ants with hugely distended stomachs, which spray liquid into the aphids.
Fiction book (1998) -
The Dundaga mornings turned into creatures with chapped lips, empty eyes, and bellies distended with want.
Fiction book (1998) -
The dog began to distend its belly after eating too much food.
Synonyms
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3.2
To become larger often by pressure or by soaking in water
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2.9
To fill something with air so it becomes larger and round
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6.1
To become wider or more open, as when pupils open in the dark
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3.9
Become larger and rounder because of liquid, injury, or illness
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4.9
To become swollen because of gas or fluid
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2.9
To swell so that part of something sticks out
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2.7
To swell or become larger suddenly
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3.5
To make something larger by filling with air or pride
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3.7
To stick out in a round shape, like a pocket or balloon
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4.4
To make something larger or more full, for example by filling it with air
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5.4
To stick out or swell in a visible way
To swell and become larger when heated or when it soaks up water
To stick out in a round shape, like a jacket or sail in the wind
To stick out from a surface like a bump
Antonyms
How Swollen
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Distend comes from the Latin parts dis- ('apart') and tendere ('to stretch'), the same root you see in extend and tension. So to distend is to swell or stretch outward from inside, like a balloon or a full stomach.