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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Distend \Dis*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distended}; p. pr &
vb n. {Distending}.] [L. distendere distentum distensum
dis- + tendere to stretch, stretch out: cf F. distendre to
distend, d['e]tendre to unbend. See {Tend}, and cf
{Detent}.]
1. To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out to
stretch. [R.]
But say what mean those colored streaks in heaven
Distended as the brow of God appeased? --Milton.
2. To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to
enlarge, as by elasticity of parts to inflate so as to
produce tension; to cause to swell; as to distend a
bladder, the stomach, etc
The warmth distends the chinks. --Dryden.
Syn: To dilate; expand; enlarge; swell; inflate.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
distended
adj 1: abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry
children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly
distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy)
lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy
tumid flesh" [syn: {bloated}, {puffed}, {puffy}, {swollen},
{tumescent}, {tumid}]
2: abnormally expanded or increased in size; (`swollen' is
sometimes used in combination); "distended wineskins";
"the need to clean out swollen inventories"; "the raisins
were plump and soft and swollen from being soaked"; "huge
blood-swollen mosquitoes" [syn: {swollen}]
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