| VERB | change | distend, dilate | become wider |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | distend | cause to expand as it by internal pressure | |
| change | distend | swell from or as if from internal pressure |
| Sounds | dihsteh'nd | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | amend ... wend: 48 rhymes with ehnd... | |
| Meaning | Become wider. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | dilate | |
| Broader | widen | Become broader or wider or more extensive |
| Spanish | dilatarse, dilatar | |
| Catalan | dilatar, distendre | |
| Adjectives | distensible | capable of being distended |
| Nouns | distension | the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions |
| distention, distension | the act of expanding by pressure from within | |
| Meaning | Cause to expand as it by internal pressure. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The gas distended the animal's body" | |
| Broader | bloat | make bloated or swollen |
| Similar to | distend | Swell from or as if from internal pressure |
| Nouns | distention | the act of expanding by pressure from within |
| Meaning | Swell from or as if from internal pressure. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | Did his feet distend? | |
| Example | "The distended bellies of the starving cows" | |
| Broader | swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce | Expand abnormally |
| Similar to | distend | Cause to expand as it by internal pressure |
| Nouns | distension | the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions |
| distention, distension | the act of expanding by pressure from within | |
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