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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb distend has 3 senses

• distend(v = verb.change) dilate - become wider; "His pupils were dilated"
is one way to widen
Derived forms adjective distensible₁, noun distension₁, noun distension₂, noun distention₂
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• distend(v = verb.change) Array - cause to expand as it by internal pressure; "The gas distended the animal's body"
is one way to bloat
Derived form noun distention₂
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

• distend(v = verb.change) Array - swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows"
is one way to intumesce, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce
Derived forms noun distension₁, noun distension₂, noun distention₂
Sample sentence:
Did his feet distend?

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

distend

Expansion

VB become larger &c (large), expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate, swell, gather, fill out, deploy, take open order, dilate, stretch, distend, spread, mantle, wax, grow up, spring up, bud, bourgeon, shoot, sprout, germinate, put forth, vegetate, pullulate, open, burst forth, gain flesh, gather flesh, outgrow, spread like wildfire, overrun, be larger than, surpass, render larger &c (large), expand, spread, extend, aggrandize, distend, develop, amplify, spread out, widen, magnify, rarefy, inflate, puff, blow up, stuff, pad, cram, exaggerate, fatten, become larger &c (large), expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate, swell, gather, fill out, deploy, take open order, dilate, stretch, distend, spread, mantle, wax, grow up, spring up, bud, bourgeon, shoot, sprout, germinate, put forth, vegetate, pullulate, open, burst forth, gain flesh, gather flesh, outgrow, spread like wildfire, overrun, be larger than, surpass, render larger &c (large), expand, spread, extend, aggrandize, distend, develop, amplify, spread out, widen, magnify, rarefy, inflate, puff, blow up, stuff, pad, cram, exaggerate, fatten.

Elasticity

VB stretch, flex, extend, distend, be elastic, bounce, spring back.

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