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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Distend \Dis*tend"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Distended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Distending}.] [L. distendere, distentum, distensum; dis- + tendere to stretch, stretch out: cf. F. distendre to distend, d['e]tendre to unbend. See {Tend}, and cf. {Detent}.]
1. To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch. [R.]
But say, what mean those colored streaks in heaven Distended as the brow of God appeased? --Milton.
2. 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.
The warmth distends the chinks. --Dryden.
Syn: To dilate; expand; enlarge; swell; inflate.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Distend \Dis*tend"\, verb (used without an object) To become expanded or inflated; to swell. ''His heart distends with pride.'' --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
distend
verb
1: become wider; "His pupils were dilated" [syn: {dilate}]
2: cause to expand as it by internal pressure; "The gas distended the animal's body"
3: swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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