vverb.changebecome widerSynset:dilate
Derivationally Related Form:dilatationdistentiondistensiondistensibledilationdilator
Hypernyms:widen
Inherited Hypernyms:dilatewidenincreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Something ---s something
vverb.changecause to expand as it by internal pressureExamples:- The gas distended the animal's body
Derivationally Related Form:distention
Hypernyms:bloat
Inherited Hypernyms:distendbloatswellgrowdevelopchange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.changeswell from or as if from internal pressureExamples:- The distended bellies of the starving cows
Derivationally Related Form:distentiondistension
Hypernyms:intumesce swell swell up tumefy tumesce
Inherited Hypernyms:distendswellexpandgrowincreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Did his feet ---? (apply to: distend)