Definitions for distend
dɪˈstɛnddis·tend

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. dilate, distendverb

   become wider

   "His pupils were dilated"

2. distendverb

   cause to expand as it by internal pressure

   "The gas distended the animal's body"

3. distendverb

   swell from or as if from internal pressure

   "The distended bellies of the starving cows"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. distendverb

   To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell

2. distendverb

   To extend; to stretch out; to spread out.

3. distendverb

   To cause to swell.

4. distendverb

   To cause gravidity.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To DISTENDverb

   To stretch out in breadth.

   Etymology: distendo, Latin.

   Thus all day long the full distended clouds
   Indulge their genial stores, and well shower’d earth
   Is deep enrich’d with vegetable life. James Thomson, Spring.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. distend

   To distend means to swell, expand, or bloat as a result of pressure from inside. The term is commonly used in medical contexts, referring particularly to the enlargement or ballooning effect in body organs due to air, fluid, or any other materials. In a broader context, it can also refer to any kind of expansion, stretching, or puffing out.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Distendverb

   to extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch

2. Distendverb

   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. Distendverb

   to become expanded or inflated; to swell

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Distend

   dis-tend′, v.t. to stretch in all directions: to swell.—v.i. to swell.—n. Distensibil′ity, capacity for distension.—adjs. Disten′sible, that may be stretched; Disten′sive, capable of stretching or of being stretched; Distent′ (Spens.), distended.—ns. Disten′tion, Disten′sion, act of distending or stretching: state of being stretched: (rare) breadth. [Fr.,—L. distendĕre—dis, asunder, tendĕre, tensum or tentum, to stretch.]

Matched Categories

1. • Bloat
   • Swell
   • Widen

How to pronounce distend?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of distend in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of distend in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of distend in a Sentence

1. Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio:

   De temps en temps il s'arrête de mâcher son chewing-gum, il entrouve ses lèvres et il souffle une bulle. La bulle verte se gonfle, se distend, puis elle explose avec un bruit sec. On appelle ça un bubble-gum.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=distend
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Distend
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=distend
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/distend
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=distend