Distend
[dɪ'stend] or [dɪ'stɛnd]
Definition
(verb.) swell from or as if from internal pressure; 'The distended bellies of the starving cows'.
(verb.) cause to expand as it by internal pressure; 'The gas distended the animal's body'.
Inputed by Hilary--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) To become expanded or inflated; to swell.
Typist: Ora
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Expand, dilate, bloat, enlarge, swell, stretch, swell out.
Typed by Ann
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See DILATE]
Editor: Rena
Definition
v.t. to stretch in all directions: to swell.—v.i. to swell.—n. Distensibil′ity capacity for distension.—adjs. Disten′sible that may be stretched; Disten′sive capable of stretching or of being stretched; Distent′ (Spens.) distended.—ns. Disten′tion Disten′sion act of distending or stretching: state of being stretched: (rare) breadth.
Checker: Thelma