distend

verb

dis·tend di-ˈstend How to pronounce distend (audio)

distended; distending; distends

transitive verb

: extend

the main outlines of the land yet lay clearly distended before them

Norman Douglas

: to enlarge, expand, or stretch out (as from internal pressure) : swell

a distended abdomen

intransitive verb

: to become enlarged, expanded, or stretched out

causing the stomach to distend

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The history of the word distend stretches back to the Latin verb tendere—a root whose kin have really expanded the English language. To find evidence of this expansion, look to words that include "tend" or "tent"; many have tendere, which means "to stretch, extend, or spread," in their family tree. Perhaps the simplest example is tent, which names a shelter made from a piece of material stretched over a frame. You'll also find the influence of tendere in extend, tendon, contend, portend, and tendency.

Example Sentences

an abdomen distended by disease

Recent Examples on the Web Blebs signal cell suicide; when stressed cells start chopping up their own proteins, their membranes distend.

Laura Mallonee, Wired, 19 May 2020 In a bare living room, Huang struggled with a paper folder, his fingers distended like misshapen balloons.

Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2019 In a bare living room, Huang struggled with a paper folder, his fingers distended like misshapen balloons.

Anchorage Daily News, 30 Dec. 2019 And that power remains with opinion leaders who are, at this point, skilled hands at distending their own cultural anxieties into panics that—time and time and time again—smother history, fact, and common sense into irrelevance.

Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 23 Sep. 2019 Water in her muscles will convert into vapor, which will collect under Lisa’s skin, distending areas of her body to twice their normal size.

Caitlin Doughty, Popular Mechanics, 18 Sep. 2019 On one table lay the body of someone frozen statue-like in death, the stomach distended and a hand jutting stiffly outward.

Sonia Perez D., chicagotribune.com, 8 June 2018 One person who saw the corpse of the officer, Major General Ali al-Qahtani, said his neck was twisted as if it had been broken, and that his body was badly bruised and distended.

BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2018 Larger cells in a woman’s heart could interrupt its electrical pathways, the authors suspect, and extra pressure against the lungs (due to a woman’s large size) could cause the heart to distend.

Amanda Macmillan, Time, 8 Sep. 2017 See More

单词	distends
释义	distend verb dis·tend di-ˈstend distended; distending; distends transitive verb 1 : extend the main outlines of the land yet lay clearly distended before them Norman Douglas 2 : to enlarge, expand, or stretch out (as from internal pressure) : swell a distended abdomen intransitive verb : to become enlarged, expanded, or stretched out causing the stomach to distend Did you know? The history of the word distend stretches back to the Latin verb tendere—a root whose kin have really expanded the English language. To find evidence of this expansion, look to words that include "tend" or "tent"; many have tendere, which means "to stretch, extend, or spread," in their family tree. Perhaps the simplest example is tent, which names a shelter made from a piece of material stretched over a frame. You'll also find the influence of tendere in extend, tendon, contend, portend, and tendency. Example Sentences an abdomen distended by disease Recent Examples on the Web Blebs signal cell suicide; when stressed cells start chopping up their own proteins, their membranes distend. Laura Mallonee, Wired, 19 May 2020 In a bare living room, Huang struggled with a paper folder, his fingers distended like misshapen balloons. Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2019 In a bare living room, Huang struggled with a paper folder, his fingers distended like misshapen balloons. Anchorage Daily News, 30 Dec. 2019 And that power remains with opinion leaders who are, at this point, skilled hands at distending their own cultural anxieties into panics that—time and time and time again—smother history, fact, and common sense into irrelevance. Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 23 Sep. 2019 Water in her muscles will convert into vapor, which will collect under Lisa’s skin, distending areas of her body to twice their normal size. Caitlin Doughty, Popular Mechanics, 18 Sep. 2019 On one table lay the body of someone frozen statue-like in death, the stomach distended and a hand jutting stiffly outward. Sonia Perez D., chicagotribune.com, 8 June 2018 One person who saw the corpse of the officer, Major General Ali al-Qahtani, said his neck was twisted as if it had been broken, and that his body was badly bruised and distended. BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2018 Larger cells in a woman’s heart could interrupt its electrical pathways, the authors suspect, and extra pressure against the lungs (due to a woman’s large size) could cause the heart to distend. Amanda Macmillan, Time, 8 Sep. 2017 See More Word History Etymology Middle English, from Latin distendere, from dis- + tendere to stretch — more at thin First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1 Kids Definition distend verb dis·tend di-ˈstend distended; distending : expand sense 2, swell Illness can cause the stomach to distend. Medical Definition distend transitive verb dis·tend dis-ˈtend : to enlarge or stretch out (as from internal pressure) distended veins intransitive verb : to become expanded distends verb present tense third-person singular of distend as in expands to make or become larger especially because of pressure from inside The illness can cause the stomach to distend. Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance expands swells increases dilates inflates enlarges accelerates augments amplifies extends stokes elongates develops multiplies escalates intensifies lengthens aggrandizes stretches compounds jumps skyrockets builds up spikes blows up booms prolongs boosts pumps up strengthens hypes protracts supersizes enhances ups draws out heightens raises adds (to) magnifies complements accumulates reinforces supplements maximizes bumps (up) rachets (up) reenforces amasses ratchets (up) collects follows up fleshes (out) beefs (up) parlays Antonyms & Near Antonyms shortens constricts compresses abridges curtails abbreviates condenses reduces decreases contracts diminishes retrenches lessens lowers downsizes abates dwindles subtracts (from) minifies cuts back de-escalates See More
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distend

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