Distend \Dis*tend"\, v. t. [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.]
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But say, what mean those colored streaks in heaven
Distended as the brow of God appeased? --Milton.
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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.
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The warmth distends the chinks. --Dryden.
Syn: To dilate; expand; enlarge; swell; inflate.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
distended
adj 1: abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry
children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly
distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy)
lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy
tumid flesh" [syn: bloated, puffed, puffy, swollen,
tumescent, tumid, turgid]
2: abnormally expanded or increased in size; (`swollen' is
sometimes used in combination); "distended wineskins";
"the need to clean out swollen inventories"; "the raisins
were plump and soft and swollen from being soaked"; "huge
blood-swollen mosquitoes" [syn: swollen]
WordNet (r) 2.0
127 Moby Thesaurus words for "distended":
adipose, bagging, baggy, ballooning, beefy, bellying, big-bellied,
billowing, billowy, bloated, blown up, blowzy, bosomy, brawny,
bulbose, bulbous, bulging, bumped, bumpy, bunched, bunchy, burly,
bursting, buxom, choked, chubby, chunky, congested, corpulent,
crammed, crowded, dilated, drenched, dropsical, dumpy, edematous,
enchymatous, fat, fattish, filled to overflowing, flatulent,
fleshy, full, gassy, glutted, gorged, gross, heavyset, hefty,
hillocky, hippy, hummocky, hyperemic, imposing, in spate,
incrassate, inflated, jam-packed, jammed, lusty, meaty, moutonnee,
obese, overblown, overburdened, overcharged, overfed, overflowing,
overfraught, overfreighted, overfull, overladen, overloaded,
overstocked, overstuffed, oversupplied, overweight, overweighted,
packed, paunchy, plethoric, plump, pneumatic, podgy, portly,
potbellied, pouching, pudgy, puffed up, puffy, pursy,
ready to burst, roly-poly, rotund, rounded, running over, satiated,
saturated, soaked, square, squat, squatty, stalwart, stocky, stout,
strapping, stuffed, stuffed up, supercharged, supersaturated,
surcharged, surfeited, swelled, swelling, swollen, thick-bodied,
thickset, top-heavy, tubby, tumid, turgid, ventose, verrucated,
verrucose, warty, well-fed, windy
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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