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English verb: distend

1. distend (change) become wider


SamplesHis pupils were dilated.


Synonymsdilate


Pattern of useSomething ----s.
Somebody ----s something.
Something ----s something


Broader (hypernym)widen

2. distend (change) cause to expand as it by internal pressure


SamplesThe gas distended the animal's body.


Pattern of useSomething ----s something


Broader (hypernym)bloat


Verb groupdistend

3. distend (change) swell from or as if from internal pressure


SamplesThe distended bellies of the starving cows.


ExamplesDid his feet distend?


Pattern of useSomething ----s


Broader (hypernym)intumesce, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce


Verb groupdistend









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