distend
1. become wider - His pupils were dilated • Syn: dilate • Derivationally related forms: distensible, distention, distension, dilator (for: dilate), dilation (for: dilate), dilatation (for: dilate) • Hypernyms: widen • Verb Frames: - Something ----s - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something 2. cause to expand as it by internal pressure - The gas distended the animal's body • Derivationally related forms: distention • Hypernyms: bloat • Verb Frames: - Something ----s something 3. swell from or as if from internal pressure - The distended bellies of the starving cows • Derivationally related forms: distension, distention • Hypernyms: swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce • Verb Frames: - Something ----s - Did his feet distend?
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