the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)] > distend (44)
to haul or drag asunder; to pull about; to distend.
= distend, v. (Perhaps only in past participle distended = distent, adj.)
transitive. spec. To stretch out any hollow thing, so as to enlarge its surface and capacity; to swell out or enlarge by pressure from within, as…