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Meaning of 'distend' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Distend [ v. i.]
- To become expanded or inflated; to swell.
2 . Distend [ v. t.]
- To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch.
- 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.

Meaning of 'distend' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . distend [ v]
Meaning (1):
- become wider
Example in sentence:
  • His pupils were dilated
Meaning (2):
- swell from or as if from internal pressure
Example in sentence:
  • The distended bellies of the starving cows
Meaning (3):
- cause to expand as it by internal pressure
Example in sentence:
  • The gas distended the animal's body

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