distend

distend is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch.
2. transitive verb. 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.
3. intransitive verb. To become expanded or inflated; to swell.
4. verb. swell from or as if from internal pressure

   "The distended bellies of the starving cows"

5. verb. cause to expand as it by internal pressure

   "The gas distended the animal's body"

6. verb. become wider

   "His pupils were dilated"

   Synonyms: dilate

Synonyms

dilate

Common word forms

distends, distended, distender, distending

Words from these letters

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