distend
IPA: dɪstˈɛnd
verb
- (intransitive) To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell
- (transitive, reflexive, archaic) To extend; to stretch out; to spread out.
- (transitive) To cause to swell.
- (biology) To cause gravidity.
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Examples of "distend" in Sentences
- The men distended the volume.
- The people distended the balloon.
- The people distended the the abdomen.
- They were not supposed to distend the value.
- The abdomen was diffusely tender and distended.
- Concurrently the space of sacristy was distended.
- The wearer distends his waist to actuate the transmitter.
- A bellows is used to insufflate air to distend the rectum.
- Enlargement of the liver and spleen causes the abdomen to distend.
- Mendes can distend the real into the surreal with imperceptible puffs.
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