The meaning of Distend

verb

Make or become swollen with fluid or gas.

Usage examples:

The fungus has bloated their abdomens

noun

A disease of livestock characterized by an accumulation of gas in the stomach.

Usage examples:

Also, grazing that leaves very short stubble could lead to a greater risk of bloat if livestock are…

verb

Cure (a herring) by salting and smoking it lightly.

Usage examples:

The latter, however, are very agreeable and good for making pickled or bloated herring.

adjective

Swollen with fluid or gas.

Usage examples:

He had a bloated, unshaven face

verb

Make or become swollen with fluid or gas.

Usage examples:

The fungus has bloated their abdomens

verb

Cure (a herring) by salting and smoking it lightly.

noun

A rounded swelling which distorts an otherwise flat surface.

Usage examples:

The telltale bulge of a concealed weapon

verb

Swell or protrude to an incongruous extent.

Usage examples:

The veins in his neck bulged

verb

Make or become wider, larger, or more open.

Usage examples:

Her eyes dilated with horror

verb

To become or make something, esp. an opening, wider or more open

Usage examples:

[ t ] the doctor put drops in my eyes to dilate the pupils.

verb

Make or become wider, larger, or more open.

Usage examples:

Her eyes dilated with horror

adjective

Wider or further open than usual

Usage examples:

Dilated pupils

verb

Cause to swell with blood, water, or another fluid.

Usage examples:

The river was engorged by a day-long deluge

adjective

If a part of the body is engorged, it has become swollen or filled with a liquid, especially blood.

verb

Make or become larger or more extensive.

Usage examples:

They have renovated and enlarged the four-storey building

verb

To become larger, or to cause something to become larger

Usage examples:

The city council voted to enlarge the park., he suffers from an enlarged heart.

verb

To become bigger, or to make something bigger

Usage examples:

The inclusion of customs receipts will enlarge the available pool of money., enlarged business/comp…

adjective

Having become or been made larger.

Usage examples:

An enlarged spleen

verb

Make or become larger or more extensive.

Usage examples:

They have renovated and enlarged the four-storey building

verb

Become or make larger or more extensive.

Usage examples:

Their business expanded into other hotels

verb

Extend in one or more directions

verb

To increase something in size, number, or importance

Usage examples:

[ i ] the air in the balloon expands when heated., [ t ] they expanded their number of stores signi…

adjective

Being or having been enlarged or extended.

Usage examples:

The individual was able to interface with an enlarged public and an expanded dialogical space emerg…

verb

Become or make larger or more extensive.

Usage examples:

Their business expanded into other hotels

verb

Past simple and past participle of expand

Usage examples:

The air in the balloon expands when heated., they expanded their retail operations during the 1980s.

verb

Fill (a balloon, tyre, or other expandable structure) with air or gas so that it becomes distended.

Usage examples:

Never use an air line on a garage forecourt to inflate your tyres

verb

To cause an object to increase in size and shape by filling it with air or gas, or (of an object) to become larger as a result of this process

Usage examples:

[ t ] to inflate balloons, [ i ] air bags in cars are designed to inflate automatically on impact.,…

verb

To increase the value or price of something, or to become more valuable or expensive

Usage examples:

People who bought homes years ago have seen the values inflate and property taxes rise with the inf…

adjective

Distended through being filled with air or gas.

Usage examples:

A partially inflated balloon

verb

Fill (a balloon, tyre, or other expandable structure) with air or gas so that it becomes distended.

Usage examples:

Never use an air line on a garage forecourt to inflate your tyres

adjective

An inflated price or value is higher than it should be or than is reasonable

Usage examples:

Evidence suggests that travellers have been put off by the inflated prices., grossly/highly/vastly …

verb

Swell up.

Usage examples:

Each woman i take seems to deepen my rage, intumesce my lust, and refine my deviant appetite.

verb

(of something soft or elastic) be made or be capable of being made longer or wider without tearing or breaking.

Usage examples:

My jumper stretched in the wash

noun

An act of stretching one's limbs or body.

Usage examples:

I got up and had a stretch

noun

A continuous area or expanse of land or water.

Usage examples:

A treacherous stretch of road

verb

(especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.

Usage examples:

Her bruised knee was already swelling up

noun

A full or gently rounded shape or form.

Usage examples:

The soft swell of her breast

adjective

Excellent; very good.

Usage examples:

You're looking swell

verb

(especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.

Usage examples:

Her bruised knee was already swelling up

noun

A full or gently rounded shape or form.

Usage examples:

The soft swell of her breast

noun

A gradual increase in amount, intensity, or volume.

Usage examples:

A huge swell in the popularity of one-day cricket

verb

Become swollen.

Usage examples:

The tumefied face, the swollen and blackened eyes and lips

adjective

Swollen or becoming swollen, especially as a response to sexual arousal.

adjective

Swollen or becoming swollen, especially because of sexual excitement

Usage examples:

A tumescent penis