Associations to the word «Distended» - Word Associations Network

Noun

DISTEND, verb. (intransitive) To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell

DISTEND, verb. (transitive) (reflexive) (archaic) To extend; to stretch out; to spread out.

DISTEND, verb. (transitive) To cause to swell.

DISTEND, verb. (biology) To cause gravidity.

DISTEND, verb. Become wider; "His pupils were dilated".

DISTEND, verb. Cause to expand as it by internal pressure; "The gas distended the animal's body".

DISTEND, verb. Swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows".

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