distend
verb
1 distend
Become wider.
synonym: dilate.
Roget 325:
stretch,
flex,
extend,
distend,
be elastic
etc.
adj.;
bounce,
spring back
etc.
(recoil)
277.
Roget 194:
become larger
etc.
(large)
etc.
192;
expand,
widen,
enlarge,
extend,
grow,
increase,
incrassate†,
swell,
gather;
fill out;
deploy,
take open order,
dilate,
stretch,
distend,
spread;
mantle,
wax;
grow up,
spring up;
bud,
bourgeon [Fr.],
shoot,
sprout,
germinate,
put forth,
vegetate,
pullulate,
open,
burst forth;
gain flesh,
gather flesh;
outgrow;
spread like wildfire,
overrun.
be larger than;
surpass
etc.
(be superior)
33.
render larger
etc.
(large)
etc.
192;
expand,
spread,
extend,
aggrandize,
distend,
develop,
amplify,
spread out,
widen,
magnify,
rarefy,
inflate,
puff,
blow up,
stuff,
pad,
cram;
exaggerate;
fatten.
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Roget 200:
be long
etc.
adj.;
stretch out,
sprawl;
extend to,
reach to,
stretch to;
make a long arm,
drag its slow length along. "
render long
etc.
adj.;
lengthen,
extend,
elongate;
stretch;
prolong,
produce,
protract;
let out,
draw out,
spin out†;
drawl.
enfilade,
look along,
view in perspective.
distend
(expand)
194.
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Dutch: uitzetten
2 distend
Cause to expand as it by internal pressure.
3 distend
Swell from or as if from internal pressure.
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distended
adjective
Roget 194:
expanded,
etc.
v.;
larger,
etc.
(large)
etc.
192;
swollen;
expansive;
wide open,
wide spread;
flabelliform†;
overgrown,
exaggerated,
bloated,
fat,
turgid,
tumid,
hypertrophied,
dropsical;
pot bellied,
swag bellied†;
edematous,
oedematous†,
obese,
puffy,
pursy†,
blowzy,
bigswoln†,
distended;
patulous;
bulbous
etc.
(convex)
250;
full blown,
full grown,
full formed;
big
etc.
192;
abdominous†,
enchymatous†,
rhipidate†;
tumefacient†,
tumefying†.
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