distend
21distend — v. a. Expand, dilate, bloat, enlarge, swell, stretch, swell out …
22distend — verb (I, T) to swell or make something swell because of pressure from inside distended adjective: a distended stomach distension / tenSFn/ noun (U): technical …
23distend — v expand, extend, enlarge, spread, outspread; dilate, inflate, bloat, puff out, blow up, balloon; swell, intumesce, tumefy; fill out, fatten …
24distend — dis·tend …
25distend — dis•tend [[t]dɪˈstɛnd[/t]] v. t. v. i. 1) to expand by stretching, as something hollow or elastic 2) to spread in all directions; expand • Etymology: 1375–1425; < L distendere= dis I+tendere to stretch dis•tend′er, n …
26distend — /dəsˈtɛnd / (say duhs tend) verb (i) 1. to become stretched, or bloated; to swell, as something hollow or elastic. –verb (t) 2. to stretch apart or asunder. 3. to exaggerate, or magnify the importance of. {Latin distendere} –distended, adjective …
27distend — Kēkē, pehu, ho opehu, manana …
28distend — see TEND …
29distend — v.tr. & intr. swell out by pressure from within (distended stomach). Derivatives: distensible adj. distensibility n. distension n. Etymology: ME f. L distendere (as DIS , tendere tens stretch) …
30stend — distend …