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Synonyms for distend in English

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distend:
- expand; stretch; enlarge; distend
- distend; dilate

English

Detailed Synonyms for distend in English

distend:

distend

distend
expand; stretch; enlarge; distend
- expand
- stretch
- enlarge
- distend

distend verb

distend

– swell from or as if from internal pressure ¹
distend
– swell from or as if from internal pressure ¹
- distend verb
  - The distended bellies of the starving cows¹
distend

– cause to expand as it by internal pressure ¹
distend
– cause to expand as it by internal pressure ¹
- distend verb
  - The gas distended the animal's body¹
distend

– become wider ¹
distend; dilate
– become wider ¹
- distend verb
- dilate verb
  - His pupils were dilated¹

Alternate Synonyms for "distend":

dilate; widen
bloat
swell; swell up; intumesce; tumefy; tumesce

Related Definitions for "distend":

swell from or as if from internal pressure¹
- The distended bellies of the starving cows¹
cause to expand as it by internal pressure¹
- The gas distended the animal's body¹
become wider¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University