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distend
dis·tend D0292400 (dĭ-stĕnd′)v. dis·tend·ed, dis·tend·ing, dis·tends v.intr. To swell out or expand, especially from internal pressure: The puppies ate until their stomachs distended.v.tr. To cause to expand, especially from internal pressure; dilate: Fluid distends a blister.
[Middle English distenden, from Latin distendere : dis-, dis- + tendere, to stretch; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]
dis·ten′si·ble (dĭ-stĕn′sə-bəl) adj.dis·ten′si·bil′i·ty n.distend (dɪˈstɛnd) vb1. to expand or be expanded by or as if by pressure from within; swell; inflate2. (tr) to stretch out or extend3. (tr) to magnify in importance; exaggerate[C14: from Latin distendere, from dis-1 + tendere to stretch] disˈtender n disˈtensible adj disˌtensiˈbility n disˈtension, disˈtention ndis•tend (dɪˈstɛnd)
v.t., v.i. 1. to expand by stretching, as something hollow or elastic. 2. to spread in all directions; expand. [1375–1425; < Latin distendere=dis- dis-1 + tendere to stretch] dis•tend′er, n. distend
Past participle: distended
Gerund: distending
| Present |
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| I distend | | you distend | | he/she/it distends | | we distend | | you distend | | they distend |
| Preterite |
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| I distended | | you distended | | he/she/it distended | | we distended | | you distended | | they distended |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am distending | | you are distending | | he/she/it is distending | | we are distending | | you are distending | | they are distending |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have distended | | you have distended | | he/she/it has distended | | we have distended | | you have distended | | they have distended |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was distending | | you were distending | | he/she/it was distending | | we were distending | | you were distending | | they were distending |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had distended | | you had distended | | he/she/it had distended | | we had distended | | you had distended | | they had distended |
| Future |
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| I will distend | | you will distend | | he/she/it will distend | | we will distend | | you will distend | | they will distend |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have distended | | you will have distended | | he/she/it will have distended | | we will have distended | | you will have distended | | they will have distended |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be distending | | you will be distending | | he/she/it will be distending | | we will be distending | | you will be distending | | they will be distending |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been distending | | you have been distending | | he/she/it has been distending | | we have been distending | | you have been distending | | they have been distending |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been distending | | you will have been distending | | he/she/it will have been distending | | we will have been distending | | you will have been distending | | they will have been distending |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been distending | | you had been distending | | he/she/it had been distending | | we had been distending | | you had been distending | | they had been distending |
| Conditional |
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| I would distend | | you would distend | | he/she/it would distend | | we would distend | | you would distend | | they would distend |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have distended | | you would have distended | | he/she/it would have distended | | we would have distended | | you would have distended | | they would have distended |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | distend - become wider; "His pupils were dilated"dilatewiden - become broader or wider or more extensive; "The road widened" | | 2. | distend - cause to expand as it by internal pressure; "The gas distended the animal's body"distend - swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows"bloat - make bloated or swollen; "Hunger bloated the child's belly" | | 3. | distend - swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows"swell up, tumesce, tumefy, intumesce, swell - expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"distend - cause to expand as it by internal pressure; "The gas distended the animal's body" |
distendverb swell, stretch, expand, increase, widen, balloon, puff, enlarge, inflate, bulge, dilate, bloat The large intestine distends and fills with gas.Translationsdistend
distend [dis-tend´] to expand outward owing to pressure from within.distend (dĭ-stĕnd′)v. dis·tended, dis·tending, dis·tends v.intr. To swell out or expand, especially from internal pressure: The puppies ate until their stomachs distended.v.tr. To cause to expand, especially from internal pressure; dilate: Fluid distends a blister.
dis·ten′si·ble (dĭ-stĕn′sə-bəl) adj.dis·ten′si·bil′i·ty n.distend (dĭ-stĕnd′) [L. distendere, to stretch out] 1. To stretch out. 2. To become inflated. distend
Related to distend: adheresSynonyms for distendverb swellSynonyms- swell
- stretch
- expand
- increase
- widen
- balloon
- puff
- enlarge
- inflate
- bulge
- dilate
- bloat
Synonyms for distendverb become widerSynonymsRelated Wordsverb cause to expand as it by internal pressureRelated Wordsverb swell from or as if from internal pressureRelated Words- swell up
- tumesce
- tumefy
- intumesce
- swell
- distend
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