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distended definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb distend Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb distend Entailment of verb distend Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb distend 2 senses of distend Sense 1 dilate, distend => widen Sense 2 distend => swell, swell up intumesce, tumefy Familiarity of verb distend distend used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb distend Sense 1 dilate, distend => widen -------------- Sense 2 distend => swell, swell up intumesce, tumefy -------------- Overview of verb distend The verb distend has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. dilate, distend -- (become wider; "His pupils were dilated") 2. distend -- (swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows") Overview of adj distended The adj distended has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. bloated, distended, puffed, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid -- (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") 2. distended, swollen -- (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") Antonyms of adj distended 2 senses of distended Sense 1 bloated, distended, puffed, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid INDIRECT (VIA unhealthy) -> healthy Sense 2 distended, swollen INDIRECT (VIA expanded) -> contracted Similarity of adj distended 2 senses of distended Sense 1 bloated, distended, puffed, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid => unhealthy (vs. healthy) Sense 2 distended, swollen => expanded (vs. contracted) Attributes of adj distended Familiarity of adj distended distended used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj distended distended Overview of verb distend The verb distend has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. dilate, distend -- (become wider; "His pupils were dilated") 2. distend -- (swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows") Overview of adj distended The adj distended has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. bloated, distended, puffed, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid -- (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") 2. distended, swollen -- (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")
distended definition
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